Author Archives: Courtney

When buying a house, something that comes up often is ‘location, location, location’. Websites and professionals tell you to look at the houses around you, are you close to a school, where is the closest grocery store? It basically comes down to how many square miles your life will reasonably fill up in daily tasksContinue reading “A Moveable House”

The people of North Douglas are a proud people. They treasure their relationship with nature, and the solitude and community they have fostered. You can always tell the locals from people who have spent time down south, as townies lament about driving ‘all the way out North Douglas’. But the people who choose to liveContinue reading “The Kingdom of North Douglas”

I was very fortunate to live on Backloop for a few years. Yes, they tend to have snow the longest, tend to be colder than other areas of town thanks to the giant ice cube just a few miles north, and thanks to the impressive mountain views, tend to get a little less sunlight. Though,Continue reading “The Backloop Group”

Just as living out North Douglas can be ‘so far away’, so is the Auke Bay area for people who live down town. But let me tell you, the original people who settled here had it right! Auke Bay gets less rain than down town does, they tend to have more sun, and generally betterContinue reading “Auke Bay Fleet”

Phew! Now that the holiday roller coaster is mostly over, we have one last little hill then slide into a summer of simplicity! Valentine ’s Day is such an odd duck: either people love it or hate it. Personally, I see it a lot like Christmas and think that we have fallen into the consumerContinue reading “Love in the Great Outdoors”

I feel the adult equivalent of taking a ‘time out’ is running away to a cabin on a Wednesday afternoon, and telling your boss you will see them sometime Thursday afternoon. Even if January was the first snowfall-less January since 1942, at least out the road still has snow on the ground. Town has beenContinue reading “Marten 24 Hour Stay-Cation”

I have decided that this is the year of the cabin. I can’t really say that this is some noble decision, or that it’s to support the Forest Service and DNR with my rental fees, or that it’s even to show others the awesomeness of cabin camping: it’s really just for my personal comfort. Well,Continue reading “Glamping in Cowee”

I’m sure everyone has had a moment where they look outside at the 33 degrees of gentle drizzle or the 35 degrees of straight downpour on the no longer totally frozen grass in the front yard, and wished it was either 3 degrees cold and snowing, or 30 degrees warmer and more tolerable to beContinue reading “If Only it Were 30 Degrees Warmer…”

It’s not very often that Juneau actually gets a sudden bout freezing rain. Typically it is the slow accumulation of snow being driven over that transitions into compressed tire tracks, then with our temperatures typically flirting with 32, we experience rain on top of our ice and after a day or two our roads areContinue reading “A Frozen Morning”

A new year of goals, Excitement and hopes are high! Please don’t screw it up. My New Year tradition is not too exciting for someone my age: after spending the evening with family playing cards or watching a movie, I head home in time to be with my fur babies by midnight, snuggle them andContinue reading “100 Things, in 365 Days”