“Wednesday morning, one of his caregivers found Kaleak dead, still seated in front of his television in the tidy white house he rented off East Third Avenue and Eagle Street. Kaleak, 45, appeared to have died of natural causes, Anchorage police said.” (source)
Floyd Kaleak died April 7, 2004.
I talked with Floyd a couple of times [...]
Well, today was the last of the Alaska license plates. We are now plated Illinoisians (if that is the correct suffix). To commemorate this occasion, I offer up the following movie: Last of the Last Frontier [9 mb .mov].
It is a large file, so for best results you should view it only on [...]
I found this poem whilst rummaging through an old Zip disk and I think it was written in 1995. Just thought it was an interesting find and I offer it up here.
Winter Poem
I had walked in on the conversation;
or was it a speech?
She was saying, “…and if that’s the armpit, then Anchorage
is the butthole. [...]
I know, I know… The title (and point) of this blog is Alaska Unbound. But, as my parents still live up there and they haven’t seen my 3-year-old daughter in two years, I think it is time for a visit. Well, not right now, but in the summer. Probably June or [...]
