Annie Takes Off for Homer

Annie Takes Off for Homer

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...
Homer High School Presentation & Planning

Homer High School Presentation & Planning

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...
Welcoming Fireplace in the Homer Library

Welcoming Fireplace in the Homer Library

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...
Annie Takes Off for Homer

Pre-Coronavirus Book Tour to Fairbanks

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...
Cynsations Interview

Cynsations Interview

Traci Sorell is an award-winning children’s-YA author. She is also an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation who covers children’s-YA writing, illustration, publishing and other book news from Indigenous authors and illustrators for Cynsations, Cynthia Leitich...
Alaska Book Week Tour

Alaska Book Week Tour

I am flying off to begin my big Alaska tour next week.  I will be visiting schools, libraries, and different associations on a tour that stops in seven different Alaskan cities from Sept 26 – Oct 12. If you are nearby, please come and see me and get signed...
The Alaska Tour Begins!

The Alaska Tour Begins!

Bethel Day 1 – 4 | This Alaska Book Week Tour is the result of the hard work and effort of many librarians, for which I have new appreciation. Not only do they keep the public happy feeding them great books, they are also brilliant at assisting people like me in...
Of Whale Skulls and 4-Wheelers

Of Whale Skulls and 4-Wheelers

Utqiagvik (Pt. Barrow) Day 5: Monday 9/30 | I’m definitely not in Bellingham anymore. There were 4-wheelers parked out front of the high school in Utqiagvik (Pt. Barrow) provide teens with transportation that can handle the salty sea air, sand and mud in summer, and...