Some days it's difficult to organize a cohesive thought. We
are bombarded with so much information it becomes difficult to sort out what is
important and what isn’t or at least what deserves our focus. These flew across
the field of vision today:
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| This photo also crossed that horizon: It's the real Christopher Robin and Winnie-the Pooh circa 1926. For its influence see the link below. |
A sandhill crane taking off from Creamer's field in
Fairbanks.…
Chris Christie and Ted Cruz take critical potshots at Jimmy
Carter who is facing terminal cancer …
My friend Tom Hale is recuperating from a serious stroke and
giving his dear wife, Mandy, fits but with a twinkle in his eyes and a wry smile on his
lips …
That nutso white supremacist who tried to buy a North Dakota
town and turn it into a bastion of racism and pseudo military resistance wants
to name the town Trump …
A Navajo Code breaker walked two miles in a parade, helped
along through the last half mile by two current Navajo Marines …
Some of my female friends swoon over actor Sam Elliot on his
71st birthday…
Indy car driver Justin Wilson dies after being hit by debris from a crash at a race track
Sunday …
My friend Phil Munger who is driving off a divorce along the
coast of the Lower States has started writing music again …
Danica Patrick is enjoying a vacation on a beach somewhere and showing off her yoga positions – that's hot…
German cruise lines pulled out of the Faroe Islands to
protest the slaughter of pilot whales there …
A group from a satanic temple turned out to counter
someone's protest of a Planned Parenthood establishment …
Facebook says I may know someone named Evan Christian …
Dan Buckwalter of Wasilla, Alaska is missing since Aug. 4 …
A soldier who helped with communications during the first
Iditarod asked for help finding information and photos about that race and
several people responded …
The National Women’s History Museum highlighted Sarah
Winnemucca a Paiute author and the first Native American woman known to obtain
a copyright to publish a book in English …
Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker announced a
big point in his foreign policy: he wants to cancel the Chinese president's visit to the United States because of a dip in China's stock market …
Still no one seems to remember the name or has heard from
the other senator from Alaska, though there was some mention that he was upset
not to be included in festivities surrounding President Obama's visit to
Alaska, the president he vilified and promised to stand up to during his election
campaign …
Several people liked my post in Ocean People about a federal
lawsuit against SeaWorld in San Diego …
Josh Duggar's brother in law wants "that pig out of our
family"…
Several crews of Alaska firefighters are battling the
wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, particularly Idaho and the Alaska Division of
Forestry has sent 450 miles of hose to help in the effort …
A beautiful high school girl named Lilliana who is an intelligent and informed critic of SeaWorld and whale captives in general was blocked on Twitter by a humpback whale group she has never interacted with. Getting a name for herself …
Discovered another sign of seasons changing tonight – when you go out to water the garden at the regular time and the motion-activated lights come on …
A wolf hunt began around the perimeter of Denali National
Park, targeting wolves that often move back and forth in and out of the park …
Kim Kardashian gets fat injections in her ass …
A huge storm is developing in the Bering Sea and warnings
are up for heavy surf along western and southern shorelines. Those are the
shorelines that are eroding badly …
Two giant panda cubs born at the National Zoo …
Mississippi is rated the most religious state in the Union and also 48th in
intelligence, just sayin' …
And then there’s this quote from Winston Churchill: asked
to cut arts funding in favor of the war effort (World War II for you children), he asked, "then what are
we fighting for?"…
There's a new store opening in Palmer called "The
Frayed Knot." Looks like a crafts store heavy on the knitting …
Three Americans and a couple of others subdued a terrorist
shooting up a train in Belgium. Today Fox Noise blamed the attacker on President
Obama…
And, just for perspective, the first train robbery in the
U.S. happened on this day in 1866 and while he isn't blamed outright for it, Obama did nothing to stop the robbery either …
Yahoo News listed the goofiest laws in every state. In
Alaska it's illegal to give a moose beer. Who knew? …
There have been spectacular northern lights shows around here the past few nights and maybe it would be better to bundle up and go outside to stare at them than watch this screen any longer.
Winnie-the-Pooh and the East Pole
There have been spectacular northern lights shows around here the past few nights and maybe it would be better to bundle up and go outside to stare at them than watch this screen any longer.
Winnie-the-Pooh and the East Pole
Thoroughly enjoyed that news round up.
ReplyDeleteI imagine a drunk moose could do some serious damage! Or even a sober one.
Would love to see the Northern Lights one day.