Stripping

I’ve written a lot of things about stripping.  If you scroll down there will be more story-like things, that will perhaps give you a feel for stripping if you are a newbie or a researcher. Informative articles and essays are here: Stripping 101: The Audition Stripping 102: Your First Night Stripping 103: Beyond The First… Continue reading Stripping

Plant Love

I am not a great herbalist or anything, just an amateur plant lover, but the more I write about plants the more people have asked me about plants, and it’s evolved into this section. If you really want to learn about herbs, check out LearningHerbs.com’s Home Study Kits (they also have an awesome board game,… Continue reading Plant Love

the world keeps going…

Flowers turn to berry. Bright fluffy elder flowers to hard green and purple berries. Big clusters of devil’s club flowers become burr-ish berry fruits. Even in the shade the lupine is blooming. Every day there are more strippers. Every day there are more customers. Yesterday there was bear poop on my favorite trail. Today there… Continue reading the world keeps going…

Girls love dirt and streams

We were supposed to leave at six, right when she got off work, but you know how it is. By the time we’d packed the pack, repacked the pack, and figured out who was carrying what it wasn’t anywhere near six anymore. It didn’t matter. It’s not like it’s been getting dark or anything. Then… Continue reading Girls love dirt and streams

I'm halfway!

Halfway through Canada, that is. Which puts me through all the cities and farms and factories and into the beautiful country. The slow down and enjoy it part. Except that the more it looks like home the more I just keep driving and driving. I love Alaska and I miss it so much. I don’t… Continue reading I'm halfway!

I'm in Canada!

Getting into Canada last year, in the bus, was a huge ordeal. For a couple days people would come up to us every time we stopped and say, “you going through Canada in that? You’re gonna have a hard time getting across the border.” I wasn’t worried about the bus. We didn’t have anything to… Continue reading I'm in Canada!

I go in circles….

Late night email from a friend: “Have you already left? Is it too late for me to still come to Alaska with you? I can fly there tomorrow morning.” Me: “No, I can backtrack and pick you up.” Her: “Cool, I’ll be at the airport tomorrow at noon.” Except she wasn’t. So I’ve spent the… Continue reading I go in circles….

North to Alaska

It’s such an epic journey for so many that I think it’s permanently stuck that way in the collective unconcious. I remember, as a kid, riding the schoolbus in Fairbanks. When I ran out of books to read I would press my face against the window and make up stories about the people who lived… Continue reading North to Alaska