Homemade Smoked Salmon Dip

August 2, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

There’s more than one way to use smoked salmon, but here’s one of my favorites.

Alaska’s Prince William Sound (and the glorious salmon)

July 3, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Alaska’s Prince William Sound is home to some of the world’s best salmon …

Salmon 101: A 5-minute Read on Salmon Varieties

August 10, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Do you know the difference between Atlantic salmon and Chinook? Or a Copper River sockeye?

You don’t really think wickedness is evil, do you?

I think it’s time we all give the Wicked Witch of the West a break. I mean it’s plausible that the poor thing began her days with good intention only to have her deeds turn sour … and there is, is there not, a distinct difference between unintentional harm and purposeful, decisive damage—like when you […]

Stay Gold Ponyboy (and grab the bull by the horns)

“Natures first green is gold, Her hardest hue to old. Her early leaf’s a flower, But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf, So Eden sank to grief. So dawn goes down today, Nothing gold can stay.” ~ Robert Frost I memorized this poem the first time I ever heard it … I was probably 12 or 13 but I […]

How to get over being lonely—hint, rum helps.

You ever get that feeling that you’re all alone in the world—not literally, unless, that is, you live on some remote island where you really are all alone minus a few sand crabs and, if you’re lucky, a long lost barrel of hidden pirate’s rum. The kind of alone I’m referring to is the kind […]