Category Archives: Journal

Lowlife

By Mel Green | Published: Sat, 31 July 2010
My GCI phone bill adventure with Accusatory Woman, who popped her cork -- but what came out was NOT champagne.
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I like dykes

By Mel Green | Published: Sun, 18 July 2010
A couple of excerpts from the classic Dick Van Dyke Show.
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Hands Across the Sand

By Mel Green | Published: Sun, 27 June 2010
Anchorage was among six Alaska communities that held a Hands Across the Sand event today calling for an end to offshore oil drilling and for clean energy. Photos & slideshow.
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Recalibration

By Mel Green | Published: Tue, 8 June 2010
I've been mostly silent on my blog for the past month, & here's why: to recalibrate & get back on track with my own purposes in life & on this blog.
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Four days after the Oscars, & I still don’t know who won

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 11 March 2010
A grand masterpiece epic generic Academy Award Winning Movie trailer. Update: no longer embeddable, but worth a trip to the Cracked website to see.
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Iditarod dogs (& a few humans too)

By Mel Green | Published: Sun, 7 March 2010
A photo slideshow of some of the Iditarod sled dog action on G Street, which was a staging ground for yesterday's ceremonial start of the race. (Why G Street? Because I go writing at Side Street Espresso every Saturday.)
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Partial locavore

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 25 February 2010
Living in Alaska, it's hard to be a complete locavore. But I'm glad to be able to be a least a partial locavore, thereby reducing my carbon footprint, supporting Alaska farmers, & getting some really great local produce.
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From termination dust to fake breakup: A winter slideshow

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 18 February 2010
Winter 2009-2010 in Anchorage, Alaska: A slideshow of photos from late September's termination dust in the Chugach Mountains east of town to early February, just before that midwinter temporary thaw that I call "fake breakup."
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A box of produce, & homemade sauerkraut

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 11 February 2010
More about community supported agriculture, & my very own homemade sauerkraut.
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Local farmers, local food

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 28 January 2010
My first box of produce from Glacier Valley Farm CSA is cause to celebrate — not just good food, but also the connection that comes from supporting local farmers. Thank you, farmers of Mat-Su.
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