Comments for Henkimaa http://www.henkimaa.com Mel's home on the web Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The “friendly snowplows” of Anchorage: Making things livable for cars & (some) homeowners, but creating unnavigable nightmares for people who walk by Heather http://www.henkimaa.com/2011/12/14/the-friendly-snowplows-of-anchorage/#comment-4020 Heather Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:20:00 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=8324#comment-4020 I watched a guy in a wheelchair wheeling down Arctic today. The lanes for the vehicles are narrow, and the berms are 6 feet high. I nearly lost my balance which would cause me to tumble into the traffic on Northern Lights. At least the lesser traveled side streets are walkable down the middle of the road. I miss the bus no matter what route I take. Walking one block in Anchorage is harder than crossing a frozen lake with 2 feet of snow on it! I watched a guy in a wheelchair wheeling down Arctic today. The lanes for the vehicles are narrow, and the berms are 6 feet high. I nearly lost my balance which would cause me to tumble into the traffic on Northern Lights. At least the lesser traveled side streets are walkable down the middle of the road. I miss the bus no matter what route I take. Walking one block in Anchorage is harder than crossing a frozen lake with 2 feet of snow on it!

]]> Comment on The “friendly snowplows” of Anchorage: Making things livable for cars & (some) homeowners, but creating unnavigable nightmares for people who walk by Celia Harrison http://www.henkimaa.com/2011/12/14/the-friendly-snowplows-of-anchorage/#comment-3918 Celia Harrison Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:40:31 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=8324#comment-3918 Thank you for this post. We have the same problem in Kenai and Soldotna. Both cities do a pretty good job and no one expects perfection after a big dump of snow, but the highways which are the responsibility of the state just sit for weeks. I got hurt pretty bad last year from a fall due to uncleared sidewalks and when I called to complain I got attitude. I was especially angry that while the sidewalks people needed to walk on to get to grocery stores were not cleared the recreation trails were groomed perfectly. It is very dangerous, especially when it thaws and refreezes and you have to walk on top of it because it is too dangerous to walk in the street. Thank you for this post. We have the same problem in Kenai and Soldotna. Both cities do a pretty good job and no one expects perfection after a big dump of snow, but the highways which are the responsibility of the state just sit for weeks. I got hurt pretty bad last year from a fall due to uncleared sidewalks and when I called to complain I got attitude. I was especially angry that while the sidewalks people needed to walk on to get to grocery stores were not cleared the recreation trails were groomed perfectly. It is very dangerous, especially when it thaws and refreezes and you have to walk on top of it because it is too dangerous to walk in the street.

]]> Comment on Sweetheart lived up to her name. May she rest in peace. by ManxMamma http://www.henkimaa.com/2011/12/11/sweetheart-lived-up-to-her-name/#comment-3914 ManxMamma Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:38:43 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=8320#comment-3914 Indeed a Sweetheart. Safe journey sweet girl! Indeed a Sweetheart. Safe journey sweet girl!

]]> Comment on Sweetheart lived up to her name. May she rest in peace. by ptery http://www.henkimaa.com/2011/12/11/sweetheart-lived-up-to-her-name/#comment-3906 ptery Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:38:02 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=8320#comment-3906 Yo, Sweetheart, You have always been a very sweet hearted dog! Will miss not seeing you when I visit next. Safe journey to the doggie heaven. Lots of hugs and Love to Jesse, and to Mel. Yo, Sweetheart,
You have always been a very sweet hearted dog! Will miss not seeing you when I visit next. Safe journey to the doggie heaven. Lots of hugs and Love to Jesse, and to Mel.

]]> Comment on Sweetheart lived up to her name. May she rest in peace. by Barbara Soule http://www.henkimaa.com/2011/12/11/sweetheart-lived-up-to-her-name/#comment-3905 Barbara Soule Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:29:27 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=8320#comment-3905 Another loss. I quess I get concerned, worry, when things start happening to friends that I care about. How are you with all this? Another loss. I quess I get concerned, worry, when things start happening to friends that I care about. How are you with all this?

]]> Comment on Sweetheart lived up to her name. May she rest in peace. by DAISYDEM http://www.henkimaa.com/2011/12/11/sweetheart-lived-up-to-her-name/#comment-3904 DAISYDEM Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:54:45 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=8320#comment-3904 So very sorry for your loss. Rest in Peace Sweetheart. So very sorry for your loss. Rest in Peace Sweetheart.

]]> Comment on Sweetheart lived up to her name. May she rest in peace. by nswfm http://www.henkimaa.com/2011/12/11/sweetheart-lived-up-to-her-name/#comment-3901 nswfm Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:12:45 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=8320#comment-3901 I'm sorry. I cried when your cat died. It must be very hard right now, but they and you have touched many lives. I’m sorry. I cried when your cat died. It must be very hard right now, but they and you have touched many lives.

]]> Comment on Space travel can mess up your digestion by OzMud http://www.henkimaa.com/2011/12/06/space-travel-can-mess-up-your-digestion/#comment-3894 OzMud Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:23:36 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=8298#comment-3894 Only last week, sitting at my desk, listening to somebody giving a speech I wasn't at all enthused about but needed to hear anyway - I began the mundane task of filing a chipped nail. Not one to miss out on a good distraction, I let my mind wander to the dust cloud forming in the narrow stream of sunlight between my hands and the window and the question that appeared in the thought bubble over my head read... "What becomes of these particles in space when an astronaut chips a nail?" From now on I think I'll just ask 'What would Esti do?' :) Only last week, sitting at my desk, listening to somebody giving a speech I wasn’t at all enthused about but needed to hear anyway – I began the mundane task of filing a chipped nail. Not one to miss out on a good distraction, I let my mind wander to the dust cloud forming in the narrow stream of sunlight between my hands and the window and the question that appeared in the thought bubble over my head read… “What becomes of these particles in space when an astronaut chips a nail?”

From now on I think I’ll just ask ‘What would Esti do?’
:)

]]> Comment on “Pushaway” published in the anthology Subversion by Mel Green http://www.henkimaa.com/2011/12/05/pushaway-published-in-the-anthology-subversion/#comment-3890 Mel Green Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:29:35 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=8273#comment-3890 Thanks, Phil! It's only available through the links given in the post through Amazon, in print or as a Kindle ebook, or through Barnes & Noble as a Nook ebook. The "printed" version through Amazon is a print-on-demand (POD) book. Crossed Genres Publications is a small press that doesn't actually have its own press -- POD and ebook is the way a lot of stuff is getting published nowadays that aren't mainstream (or lowest-common-denominator) enough for the big mainstream publishers to pick them up. The contract I signed with Crossed Genres gives them exclusive worldwide electronic/digital rights and print rights for 1 year (and non-exclusive rights for another 2 years). After that, I plan to figure out a way to put together my own POD/ebook stuff, & as a publication specialist I'm fairly well equipped to design & lay out my own books. Hopefully by that time too I'll have some other completed stories, too, as I return to a commitment to my own writing. In the meantime, I want Crossed Genres to succeed, because they put out consistently good stuff, & need to make a living too. So I really hope folks will buy the anthology. Lots of good stories in there, even besides my own. Thanks, Phil!

It’s only available through the links given in the post through Amazon, in print or as a Kindle ebook, or through Barnes & Noble as a Nook ebook. The “printed” version through Amazon is a print-on-demand (POD) book. Crossed Genres Publications is a small press that doesn’t actually have its own press — POD and ebook is the way a lot of stuff is getting published nowadays that aren’t mainstream (or lowest-common-denominator) enough for the big mainstream publishers to pick them up.

The contract I signed with Crossed Genres gives them exclusive worldwide electronic/digital rights and print rights for 1 year (and non-exclusive rights for another 2 years). After that, I plan to figure out a way to put together my own POD/ebook stuff, & as a publication specialist I’m fairly well equipped to design & lay out my own books.

Hopefully by that time too I’ll have some other completed stories, too, as I return to a commitment to my own writing. In the meantime, I want Crossed Genres to succeed, because they put out consistently good stuff, & need to make a living too. So I really hope folks will buy the anthology. Lots of good stories in there, even besides my own.

]]> Comment on “Pushaway” published in the anthology Subversion by Philip Munger http://www.henkimaa.com/2011/12/05/pushaway-published-in-the-anthology-subversion/#comment-3889 Philip Munger Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:10:21 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=8273#comment-3889 Congrats, Mel! Will we be able to get the book in Anchorage? Congrats, Mel!

Will we be able to get the book in Anchorage?

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