by Annie Boochever | Author Tours
Monday, February 14 Fueled by a grant from the Alaska Humanities Forum and enthusiastic support from the Homer Friends of the Library, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, I kissed my sweetie goodbye. Decked out in my ‘Alaska’ boots and a super-warm, puffy jacket, took...
by Annie Boochever | Author Tours
Tuesday, Feb. 15 8:00 AM, and, of course, still dark. I scrambled into my gear for a morning ski. Homer Friends of the Library Board member Judy Gonsalves drove me to the Lookout Mountain x-country trail system where her husband was working the grooming machine. Thank...
by Annie Boochever | Author Tours
Wednesday, February 16 School was cancelled due to icy roads! No Middle School presentation. I was sorry to miss it, but the conditions really were treacherous. Instead I walked the Bishop’s beach, thanks to ice cleats attached to my trusty boots, with fellow...
by Annie Boochever | Fighter in Velvet Gloves
When I taught High School English in Juneau, I depended on study guides to support the various books we read. They saved me a lot of work and gave my curriculum a backbone. I could always adjust the guides to fit my classroom’s needs, but the basics were there...
by Annie Boochever | Event
It’s only been three short weeks since my visit to Fairbanks, compliments of the Tanana Valley League of Women Voters. But the pre-coronavirus world seems like ages ago. Featured Speaker at Noel Wien Library and Fairbanks’ Schools Monday evening, Feb. 24th, I...