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A blog about the wonders and challenges of living in Homer, Alaska, by Miranda Weiss, the author of Tide, Feather, Snow: A Life in Alaska.

Previous posts

Looking Ahead

Looking Ahead

And saying goodbye

by Miranda Weiss | Thursday, October 27, 2016
First Snow

First Snow

Early delights of the season

by Miranda Weiss | Thursday, October 20, 2016
Heading to Nanwalek

Heading to Nanwalek

And hoping for a smooth approach

by Miranda Weiss | Thursday, October 13, 2016
Election Day

Election Day

The more things change?

by Miranda Weiss | Thursday, October 06, 2016
Playing at Survival

Playing at Survival

Learning to forage, 4,000 miles from here

by Miranda Weiss | Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Outbreak

Outbreak

Evergreens gone brown

by Miranda Weiss | Thursday, September 22, 2016
Closing Up and Putting Away

Closing Up and Putting Away

The summer is gone; so too are the crowds

by Miranda Weiss | Thursday, September 15, 2016
Walking in the Dark

Walking in the Dark

Sometimes you don’t want to look straight ahead

by Miranda Weiss | Thursday, September 08, 2016
Thinking Locally

Thinking Locally

If you dream it, you can do it

by Miranda Weiss | Thursday, September 01, 2016
A Good Day Fishing

A Good Day Fishing

From the bountiful bay

by Miranda Weiss | Thursday, August 25, 2016
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THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

2nd Look

The NASA You Never Hear About

by Isabelle Taft

Fifty years ago this week, when Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, the moment represented years of work and technical accomplishment. But it also left NASA struggling with a daunting new challenge: figuring out what to do next. Over the years, it has answered this question in part by highlighting the dizzying array of inventions it has inspired—some 1,500 a year. “Besides rocket science itself, perhaps the biggest thing people fail to understand about the agency is how its work has reverberated throughout the world in ways we experience directly every day,” writes Isabelle Taft. “It’s a mark of the agency’s enduring influence that even if we never make it there, we’re already living in a society forged by outer space.”