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This is a fun year. Apparently there are 3 - count'em - 3 Friday the 13ths this year. Which might explain why on earth the Alaska State Legislature, working on a shortened schedule (thanks to my fellow citizens) is spending it's time on: a House Bill to send a letter to the Prez whining about "sovereign rights". In case you haven't been keeping up with the Repubnuts lingo - that be code for "states rights". And a House Bill for getting a state death penalty, which we don't need 'cause the feds will gas our fellow citizens for us. And a House Bill for a "certification" that a child who was stillborn, really croaked that way. 'Cause you never know what evil us womenfolk will do. Yepper, it's all the Big G's (guns, God, and gays) again. Granted Reps. Kelly/Coghill haven't gone after the gays, but it's only mid-way through the session and I doubt they will surprise me. Meanwhile Rep. Jay Ramras (District 10) is busy tryi...

I t's a new month already and Spring is a mere 3 months away! It's becoming that wickedly busy time we get here when the sun comes back (we are well over 10 hours of daylight now) and all of a sudden there is almost a manic quality to life. For instance: this weekend will make the third weekend in a row that I have been to a concert, and there's more to come. For me all of this means it is time to start making serious plans about my garden. It's now to the point where I'm even going to be taking a Cooperative Extension course to become something called a "Master Gardener". Actually, aside from probably learning just how much I don't know, the part that I'm looking forward to the most is the volunteer commitment. For someone like myself who is doing this on the cheap, I have to do 40 hours of volunteer gardening - which apparently includes a mandatory stint booth-sitting at the Tanana Valley Fair this August. But other than the Fair gig, we are ...

Day One, post one. And she's off ... 31 May 2008 starts off with a ton of things to do and not enough healthy me to do them. I managed to come home from the 2008 Alaska Democratic Party Convention with a brand, spankin' new cold. Several days of cold meds, ab muscles so sore from coughing I've resorted to paid killers, and gallons of tea later - I'm still sick. But determined as today is my first planting day. I may not get much done, but I'm gonna try! On the political front I found some so-so blogs from the Convention but I think the bloggers think more mightily of themselves than they need. Lots of coverage of the big stars; the lesser lights (i.e. local candidates) nada, nada, nada y nada. Vale. Here's some linkage - you will need to scroll some Progressive Alaska Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis Once I really get up and running this will be mainly about some of my favorite things: local Fairbanks politics, gardening, fun reads and any other random topics that g...