OUTSIDE MY ALASKAN WINDOW
I live in Fairbanks, Alaska, about 190 miles south of the Arctic Circle. Fairbanks is the 2nd largest city in Alaska (with 31,500 people). There's a university, an Air Force base and a gold mine near here.
I live in Fairbanks, Alaska, about 190 miles south of the Arctic Circle. Fairbanks is the 2nd largest city in Alaska (with 31,500 people). There's a university, an Air Force base and a gold mine near here.
It can get down to -50 F below in the winter (-45 C), though it's usually only about -25 F (-31 C). In the winter, we have maybe 4 to 5 hours of daylight.
When it's real cold and the fog comes out, you can get ice fog pillars. They look like the Northern Lights, but they're not. The fog turns to crystals in the air and makes the lights on the ground look like pillars.
The weather in the summer is rainy but warm, between 55 F (13 C) and about 75 F (29 C), on a hot day.
Raspberries grow wild in the backyard.
Along with mushrooms.
For transportation, we have a 2004 Scion XB (original model!), which gives great gas milage! And also a 1994 Honda Goldwing motorcycle—that's my husband's baby. I ride on the back.
Follow that car Godzilla—and step on it!
I love that sticker!
I love that sticker!
I do not have a green thumb, but I've managed to keep some plants alive on our porch.
I work with autistic elementary school kids and they planted some flowers in the spring.
I took the extras home and have been nurturing them all summer.
On a nice summer day, if it's not too rainy, I go for a walk or bike ride along the mighty Chena River which goes through the center of town.
And that's the view outside my Alaskan window!
THE GODS OF GARRAN is my first published novel. It is available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback format. Natives of Garran rekindle a war against an advanced alien culture that conquered them long ago, the Chanden. Violence breaks out on both sides. The Garrans seek to restore their link to the old earth gods by finding an ancient godstone. The one who bonds with it may gain the power to wield the elements against the invaders, but in doing so, that person may lose his, or her, own identity--but they'll risk anything to gain their freedom. Unknown to the natives, a Chanden has infiltrated their quest. What will happen if an alien bonds with the godstone instead? |