by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Healing & Gratitude
My work took me to beautiful Ketchikan, Alaska this week. With flooding in my hometown of Anchorage and neighboring towns of Kenai and Talkeetna, I was fortunate to be a part of a nearly 70 degree heatwave in a place that’s nearly constantly rainy. I...
by lameredith | Sep 9, 2012 | Child Abduction, Domestic Violence, My Writing, Uncategorized
Have you ever gone to a conference or workshop that left you feeling invigorated, even in the face of apparent hopelessness? At the Alaska Writer’s Guild’s 2012 conference...
by lameredith | | Child Abduction, Classic Posts
I just finished reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed, a gorgeous memoir about a woman in her twenties whose life falls apart after her beloved mother dies. Strayed can’t seem to pull it back together until she decides to hike more than 1,000 miles on the Pacific Crest...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Healing & Gratitude
As a little girl in the mid-seventies, I began collecting friendships that have lasted for four decades. Back then, Laura, Sarah, Susan, and I loved nothing more than to grab our sleeping bags and huddle in Susan’s living room for weekend slumber parties at her...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Travel & Tourism
What happens when you take four juvenile justice professionals, combine their energies with several enthusiastic juvenile delinquents to create and serve up wonderful meals to a caring community in Anchorage, Alaska? You get a much-enhanced library at the Dong Bang...
