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Fairbanks: Life Under the Midnight Sun and the Northern Lights (Summer Solstice W/O)

Thu, 21 Jun 2001 04:19:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - Why would anyone choose to live in Fairbanks, Alaska?

The first pioneers came in 1902, lured by gold. A later boom brought others to build the Alaska oil pipeline. The Army and Air Force brought many, and they either married and stayed...

Judy's Little Girl Remembers Little Girl Blue

Sun, 13 May 2001 23:14:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - I'm a sucker for torch songs, and I have a terrible weakness for good dancers. I inherited both traits from my mother -- probably while still in the womb.

Music affected me so deeply when I was a toddler that I cried every time I heard the...

Back from the Edge of Extinction: Musk Oxen at the UAF Large Animal Research Station

Sun, 22 Apr 2001 05:00:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - Note: This opinion is restricted to a discussion of the Institute of Arctic Biology's Large Animal Research Station.

If you had lived in Alaska in the Pleistocene Era, between 2 million and 10,000 years ago, you would have seen...

WOW! Viactiv "Crispettes" set my teeth on edge.

Tue, 17 Apr 2001 04:00:31 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - I really wanted to like this product.

After all, my elderly clients have been using the Viactiv calcium chews with great enthusiasm, so I haven't had to nag them to take their calcium pills or watch in trepidation as they choke them...

This Is Our Seder: A children's Passover book

Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:17:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - This Is Our Seder, a book for children, begins with a simple statement: "This is our night for coming together." It ends just as simply, "This is our freedom!" In between, the elements of a Passover Seder are illustrated in easy text complemented...

Biddy Hollow's Beginnings: Chickens in Your Backyard

Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:25:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - The Plot

It all started innocently enough with the sign at the Alaska Feed Company, which boasts that it supplies “Everything for Mouse to Moose.” One spring a few years ago, the sign said, “We have ducklings, goslings and chicklings.” As...

Nothing Ordinary about Extraordinary Chickens

Sun, 25 Mar 2001 03:27:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - What could be more ordinary than a chicken?

You know what a chicken looks like, don't you? I mean, that's an easy question: A chicken is a large, roundish sort of bird found on farms; usually it is white, brown or black, with a beak, wattles...

This Georgia Peach Still Has Dry Skin

Fri, 23 Feb 2001 02:46:52 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - Okay, let's face it. I'll be 40 this year. It has been a long time since my complexion could be called "peaches and cream." In fact, this former Georgia girl's face is starting to look more and more like fruit leather in the cold, sere climate of Alaska...

And the Moon Says: Good night.

Sun, 7 Jan 2001 03:44:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - "Moon. Mmoooooonnn..."

My two-year-old niece, cuddled in my lap, was reaching up towards the big, bright full moon, crooning the magic word almost mournfully in my ear. You see, she was a little frightened at having been woken way...

Fairbanks Princess: Borrowed Elegance, or Princess for a Night

Tue, 26 Dec 2000 23:53:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - My husband and I never had a honeymoon, so when our fifth wedding anniversary arrived on December 15, I was determined to make it special.

Call me silly, but I find it hard to feel romantic on a chicken farm, in a cluttered, poorly decorated...

Beeswax: Nature's Barrier to Moisture Loss

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 19:20:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - Do you know what happens to your skin when you walk outside into the cold winter air?

Cold air is dry air, and so in Nature's eternal effort to make things balance, the moisture in your body begins to wick away into the atmosphere through any...

Memories of a Lost Childhood

Tue, 28 Nov 2000 04:48:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - It is, of course, no coincidence that Colette Rossant begins her memoir by describing the final days of her mother's life. Memories of a Lost Egypt: A Memoir with Recipes is as much about this difficult relationship as it is about Egypt or...

Going Home to Evans Fine Foods

Sat, 4 Nov 2000 17:20:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - You don't go to Evans Fine Foods for the food as much as for the fine folks who work there.

Now located in its "new building" (circa late '80s), Evans has been a fixture in Decatur since 1946. In fact, the new building was...

Dogs love carrots; I love Nylabone.

Thu, 2 Nov 2000 04:37:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - I first learned how much dogs love carrots when I began juicing. Suddenly Rusty, the Shih-Tzu, was hanging around the kitchen, wagging around my ankles with that heart-melting, hopeful look in his big brown eyes.

"You don't like...

Raven Stole the Moon: Raven Stole the Moon: Lost Souls, Alaska-Style

Thu, 26 Oct 2000 00:53:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - What foul things scurry through your nightmares? What secret fears raise the soft hairs on your forearms and neck? What sounds make you tuck your head down and hurry on your way home through dark streets?

If your answer is the kushtaka,...

Punishing Kiss: Breathtaking, but throw some parts away.

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 06:57:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - In Punishing Kiss, Ute Lemper brings the torch song into the 21st Century. If you like experimentation, those of you already familiar with Lemper's signature renderings of the Kabarett repertoire will probably like the collection. Be forewarned,...

GeniSoy Protein Shakes: Not just for athletes

Tue, 19 Sep 2000 01:00:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - Are you female? Do you have high blood cholesterol? Do you get most of your protein from animal sources? Are you a vegetarian? Are you concerned about osteoporosis, cancer, menopause discomforts, PMS? Are you an elder?

If you answer yes to any...

Alka-Seltzer Plus: My Remedy of Last Resort.

Sat, 16 Sep 2000 19:43:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - Okay, I'm one of those strange folk who almost never take over-the-counter medications for colds. Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Tablets are the exception to my rule.

Why I'm Weird

When I get a cold, I prefer to do things to...

Bringing Life to Film

Thu, 31 Aug 2000 02:43:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - Do you ever find yourself studying faces in old photographs, wondering...? Who was this person, really? How did she live, move, breathe? What did he do for a living?

If so, you must see The Lumiere Brothers' First Films, a collection of...

Liquid water at -58 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sat, 26 Aug 2000 01:38:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - We live near Fairbanks, Alaska. This means that winter temperatures can reach -50, -60, even -70 degrees below zero.

We also have two Alaskan huskies, Millie and Honey, who live outside and prefer it that way, even when the thermometer dips to...

Salt, flour, water... and a microwave?

Sun, 20 Aug 2000 05:23:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - Salt dough clay is almost as old as dirt. All you need is salt, flour, water, a little creativity, and an oven to slow-bake the stuff until it is durable and hard as a brick.

That is, unless you have a microwave and you aren't content to...

Snood saved our marriage.

Mon, 14 Aug 2000 04:37:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - My husband and I have been Snood addicts for at least five years, starting when I discovered it on a shareware-for-Macintosh site. We've even adopted Snood alter-egos: I'm Zod, the fiery, toothy, red one. He's Numbskull, the... well, the bone-headed one...

Crunch, crunch, crunch.

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 21:49:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - That's the sound of my two Alaskan Huskies eating the Harvest Ventures Crystal Clear Litter Pearls. That's also the sound the pretty little globes make when you accidentally step on them.

And those are the reasons I quit using the Litter...

The ads are hokey, but this stuff works.

Fri, 4 Aug 2000 06:56:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - I admit it. I've listened to Gold Bond's radio ads for years, and I always laugh at them.

They're just too hokey to be true.

Well, now the laugh's on me. Gold Bond Medicated Itch Relief Cream works. And it works better than almost...

Can't wait for the drive home.

Thu, 3 Aug 2000 08:25:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wovengold - My husband recently received a 70% disability rating from the VA, much of it related to back injuries resulting from his military career. We live in a tiny Alaska community that is a 45-minute drive from his workplace, and the roads are pure, pitted hell...