tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182537482024-02-06T21:17:58.210-09:00Fervent Verve{aka Carey's Ramblings}Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.comBlogger267125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-89268851803464195482012-12-21T13:44:00.002-09:002012-12-21T13:44:23.083-09:00Be Patient“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”<br />
~ Rainer Maria RilkeCareyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-77954968153196894782012-12-08T19:56:00.000-09:002012-12-10T20:02:23.758-09:00Officially an E-M-T! ... almost<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I passed the Alaska EMT state exam with 91% on Friday</div>
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& the practical exam today!</div>
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Practicals consisted of six stations:</div>
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OPA & NPA (oral & nose airway openers). </div>
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Thankfully, I got those in one shot too. We're allowed a second chance.</div>
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Now, I have to wait on my application to go through. Then, I can start volunteering at the Fire Department.<br />
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* Too boot, I met a couple of paramedics on Saturday. They said all I have to do is fill out a waiver & I can be on call to go on the Medivac flights. These flights go out to villages where there is no hospital access. Exciting!</div>
Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-4425524238911476052012-11-30T08:29:00.000-09:002012-11-30T11:30:42.654-09:0012 Minutes<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Lately, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://eclecticintrovert.blogspot.com/">Tess</a> (a.k.a. b-e-s-t possible little sister ever) </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or connecting to these links:</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.careyrunsalaska.com/">Mission: Run</a></b><br />
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You may have seen my <a href="http://careyalaska.blogspot.com/2012/11/tunes-i.html">Tunes & I</a> post. That took about 10 days to: intermittently import disks, label songs from mixed CDs that weren't in the registered database, download Album Artwork, & back-up iTunes on several devices.<br />
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Now that I've finished that task, my next aim is to <i>listen</i> to all of the songs I haven't heard in a very long time. If I were to listen to all of the 5598 songs in the main Music area it'd take 15.2 days. Remember there are 420 songs in the Playlists too. <br />
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Every first and third Tuesday the Fire Department has meetings in order to keep EMT skills fresh & everyone updated on Standard Procedures. Tonight I attended my second meeting since starting the class in September. Burns was our topic.<br />
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Once I'm an EMT, part of volunteering includes attending at least one meeting, as well as two 12-hour shifts, a month. (They're optional right now.) Being on call is part of the gig too, but I'm not sure what the protocol is besides being available when they need more people.<br />
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Much to my surprise, Captain Howell informed me that I will be issued a pager, which means that when a tone is sent out for more EMTs needed, I can go to the scene.<br />
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As I was leaving, Fred informed me that no student has received a pager since he's been there. He's been teaching since 1989. So, I blushed & said, "Thank you." Then went out the door & clicked my heels!Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-17918763340670339452012-11-19T23:01:00.000-09:002012-11-21T15:52:46.624-09:00I drank the Kool-Aid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnxz9wC3QegSkucPqrsEqpQERPPrv0jIfMsqMKSaXRNY2z0_577Ag6aD-6IFyqmzgf1nTiVVR5Zq1JDkX9LoG6Ak3_xAA1PHJVGSZKNvNdYVnMQ0gspBaBrO_b3dboaGjyzWA/s1600/Photo+on+11-19-12+at+10.27+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnxz9wC3QegSkucPqrsEqpQERPPrv0jIfMsqMKSaXRNY2z0_577Ag6aD-6IFyqmzgf1nTiVVR5Zq1JDkX9LoG6Ak3_xAA1PHJVGSZKNvNdYVnMQ0gspBaBrO_b3dboaGjyzWA/s320/Photo+on+11-19-12+at+10.27+PM.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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I bought, and I'm wearing, Carhartts. <br />
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Now I feel like I'm back in the North Carolina hills <br />
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Baker's telling me how pretty I look.<br />
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when I got back from class at 10:00 p.m. tonight? <br />
I think the filter in my Toyo needs to be cleaned.</div>Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-87237564744234556022012-11-18T23:12:00.000-09:002012-11-28T16:30:30.862-09:00Who's Right?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0l22B8QGYXgC480G67t-EfVcOiSN4MfrYTJ7l7NTtwOck7Mfdz9O4s6rnILm4VD5d9_DVBo8ma8HbFVmZo3P_oe2c19EvaizPcQMfMLE3BVcwJ788Z7UGP0T1gwaPx51Otrd/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-11-19+at+11.12.40+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0l22B8QGYXgC480G67t-EfVcOiSN4MfrYTJ7l7NTtwOck7Mfdz9O4s6rnILm4VD5d9_DVBo8ma8HbFVmZo3P_oe2c19EvaizPcQMfMLE3BVcwJ788Z7UGP0T1gwaPx51Otrd/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-11-19+at+11.12.40+PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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A new project: Uploading my CDs into iTunes. <br />
After my computer crashed the last time, I didn't re-upload everything. Do you know how long it takes to upload 4000 songs? Days. Then, I got into buying music on iTunes. I love the nostalgia of sliding a CD into a player... It's nowhere close to the touch of a needle on a record, but still. Often I listen to the iTunes DJ & I've been missing out on listening to my greater collection. So, slowly, it will finally be back together again. I'm excited to find out how many songs I have now & to hear the oldies mixed in with the new. <br />
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<i>{Yes, I alphabetize my CDs. Just in general. I'm not like those crazy people who alphabetize to the second & third letters. It's just a hodge podge of the letter D. I swear!}</i><br />
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</b>@ H = 3980 songs<br />
@ Z = 5005 songs<br />
* w/ compilation CDs = 5485 songs<br />
* 26 CDs were rejected (260 songs, at least)<br />
<u>& the 26 Playlist albums add up to 420 songs.</u><br />
<b>Grand Total (guess) = 6,165 songs</b><br />
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<i>That's my only explanation. It's this, prostitution, or drugs, people.)</i>Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-67485928878840764872012-11-06T23:25:00.000-09:002012-11-19T23:21:33.030-09:00New Paint Can Make Everything Feel. New.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My theme music? Loud. Blaring. Insane Clown Posse & Lindsey Stirling. Separately, of course.<br />
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In September, I started taking the EMT-1 (Emergency Medical Technician, basic) course through the Fire Department here in Bethel. 6 credits. Classes Monday / Wednesday from 6:00 to 9 or 10:00 as well as Saturdays 9:00-4:00. Plus, there's additional homework & reading to do. It's challenging. I'm actually remembering a slew, & I love it. <br />
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It makes him happy, okay.Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-90223127997249189632012-10-28T00:14:00.000-08:002012-11-21T15:59:11.602-09:00Straightening Out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HL8BYBhJG9JFed63FTG4NFQFsKVyW3b4OOLpCjcuZI_blspA1k0wQP_wiatIys0im8cAHz9ro911GtwY9s9wnyeZC0Z7k88ph57Xwzl7cGyVnzspCIB1xmejMn-5LleMXg4v/s1600/straight+hair10-28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HL8BYBhJG9JFed63FTG4NFQFsKVyW3b4OOLpCjcuZI_blspA1k0wQP_wiatIys0im8cAHz9ro911GtwY9s9wnyeZC0Z7k88ph57Xwzl7cGyVnzspCIB1xmejMn-5LleMXg4v/s320/straight+hair10-28.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Little sister, how did you do this every day? ;-)Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-66226782058184247992012-10-27T00:54:00.000-08:002012-11-14T00:55:58.500-09:00The "lake" is strong enough to walk on. Let's remember, it's really a glorified puddle at 2 feet deep.<br />
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The neighborhood kids have been ice skating all week!<br />
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Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-26542707291360613102012-10-06T20:23:00.000-08:002012-10-06T20:27:38.645-08:00My Little Prince<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kiWBVmcoYJtDpXlRVG6GLRM08dJA7J64gY8WWv7N3uWRgzHig3WHhHhY9108CEmzw4EbdMrngDCMmspCs4QzqGNXq0-Bvhyphenhyphen-bRBLGKUmQC43H9XNsJTjsah0R9aVt6XNNQYU/s1600/Photo+on+10-6-12+at+8.15+PM+%25232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kiWBVmcoYJtDpXlRVG6GLRM08dJA7J64gY8WWv7N3uWRgzHig3WHhHhY9108CEmzw4EbdMrngDCMmspCs4QzqGNXq0-Bvhyphenhyphen-bRBLGKUmQC43H9XNsJTjsah0R9aVt6XNNQYU/s400/Photo+on+10-6-12+at+8.15+PM+%25232.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-58917102498722048442012-09-22T19:28:00.000-08:002012-10-06T19:52:34.338-08:00Swans Quintuple!Three and a half months ago I saw two swans on the lake behind my house for the first time in three summers. Now they've returned quintuply <i>and</i> with their cygnets (sign-its). They - like many other birds, muskrats, & beavers - favor this lake because it's shallow and food dense. Every time I walk by the window I can't help but become affixed to watching them. <br />
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Male swan - Cob<br />
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Young swan - Cygnet<br />
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Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com0Bethel, AK, USA60.7922222 -161.755833360.7302347 -161.9137618 60.8542097 -161.5979048tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-25458224100342901762012-09-01T09:23:00.000-08:002012-10-08T08:25:58.303-08:00Farmer's Market<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PscHIGJS-L0kwV6VqYNO3rF2KZ-0ItjuwrssmIzJJ0DBdwVnp4lmGDLIAgL8rGj1n9Hog7CjQKceoHhFt7TKNDnFMkzTyGBH8hApTi9p2pggHcjM8N0ZVOUTXJ5Upl-kwDE1/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-10-08+at+8.19.39+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="385" width="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PscHIGJS-L0kwV6VqYNO3rF2KZ-0ItjuwrssmIzJJ0DBdwVnp4lmGDLIAgL8rGj1n9Hog7CjQKceoHhFt7TKNDnFMkzTyGBH8hApTi9p2pggHcjM8N0ZVOUTXJ5Upl-kwDE1/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-10-08+at+8.19.39+AM.png" /></a></div><br />
Deanna took this photo of me on our way back from <a href="http://www.meyersfarm.net/">Meyer's Farmer's Market</a> this morning. Those are carrot tops you see grazing my hair. Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-42825588260825522592012-07-18T12:38:00.000-08:002012-11-21T12:41:01.598-09:00Mush!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23rQ3XaeJA7Y-1lL-eGyrqKNEzwz3c4eyKfyHxmTXmUpxExtw0UcnNE9kbnB9NrrJRU40fW1Kh9rX5ljHti10gujMddzDrdVMpFSoGW7tgQgMCu57oWT_0Y25AU_sKBjyKnzN/s1600/7-18-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23rQ3XaeJA7Y-1lL-eGyrqKNEzwz3c4eyKfyHxmTXmUpxExtw0UcnNE9kbnB9NrrJRU40fW1Kh9rX5ljHti10gujMddzDrdVMpFSoGW7tgQgMCu57oWT_0Y25AU_sKBjyKnzN/s400/7-18-12.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I'm puppy sitting Kia, the large black dog, for a friend. Baker & I decided to take her for a walk with Deanna's dogs. My part in walking took very little effort, because I had a steady pull. There was no time for me to fall down. :-)<br />
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Yes. They're all hooked to my waist.Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-27517325852323827872012-07-09T10:25:00.000-08:002012-11-23T10:28:49.997-09:00Puppy Pin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlNu_vZd4YvsAuTgwVSU8vvsUPdXAUiy21VxMC7Uz5fQ4toFg6I2K1m4CPqtv0UFS3M_i9cn28ZsVK3-m9LqpWLAePR3elPpusvPe0eKVxJbdXZf0h76EV_ToxM0KhYCatkACjQ/s1600/6-8-12b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlNu_vZd4YvsAuTgwVSU8vvsUPdXAUiy21VxMC7Uz5fQ4toFg6I2K1m4CPqtv0UFS3M_i9cn28ZsVK3-m9LqpWLAePR3elPpusvPe0eKVxJbdXZf0h76EV_ToxM0KhYCatkACjQ/s320/6-8-12b.jpg" /></a></div><br />
This is my Pops making a gate for the back porch so that Baker can have a puppy pin. I don't have all the wood shop tools he has at home. So this required some hand chiseling for that diagonal support bar. He even measured Baker's head for the vertical slats. <br />
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* Stand by for a picture of the final product.Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-70603618099629064582012-07-08T01:00:00.000-08:002012-11-14T01:03:48.347-09:00Tesia & Pops visit BethelThese are a few photos Tess took while they were here. She knows more about the features on my camera than I do! (& isn't she beautiful! ... even though she's trying to look snarky :-)<br />
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Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com0Bethel, AK, USA60.7922222 -161.755833360.7302347 -161.9137618 60.8542097 -161.5979048tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-7287785636717785672012-05-17T08:06:00.000-08:002012-05-18T11:04:04.791-08:0017:35That's how much <a href="http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/bethel-alaska.html">sunlight</a> we had in Bethel today. Sunrise at 6:35 and sunset at 11:30.<br />
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This is usually the first question that people ask me about living in Alaska: winter and summer light.<br />Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com1Bethel, AK, USA60.7922222 -161.755833360.5442737 -162.3875473 61.0401707 -161.12411930000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-10693041083230452512012-05-06T10:55:00.002-08:002012-10-06T20:09:38.511-08:00careyrunsalaska.blogspot.comThere have been several times I wanted to add short blurbs about what's been going on, but then I just kept living my real world life. It's been a full spectrum gamut from negative to positive these last few months - & I am so on top of the world now.<br />
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I've been cheating. Just a <i>little</i>. I started a new blog: <b><a href="http://careyrunsalaska.blogspot.com/">http://careyrunsalaska.blogspot.com/</a></b>. This came about after deciding to take on training for a half marathon & a 15.75 mile run at Lost Lake, Seward, Alaska. Thanks for the jump start, Deanna. While reading this hilarious & non-threatening running book, I am encouraged to write & track my progress. It'll be fun to look back on how far I've come.<br />
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So, check out my new <a href="http://careyrunsalaska.blogspot.com">blog</a> &, hey, you might feel like making a running goal too. Or at least you should be happy that you have the choice.<br />
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{Top four photos by Maria Gutleben. Bottom photo & map by Nate DeHaan.}Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984825774092657965noreply@blogger.com0Nunapitchuk, AK, USA60.8969444 -162.459444460.6498044 -163.09115839999998 61.144084400000004 -161.8277304tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18253748.post-22867559310319693022012-04-03T19:47:00.000-08:002012-10-06T19:50:15.397-08:00Published<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfW9hNJvY8wHqYMkLhzjmObLHHLpbCSGOiaHBPWErNKRdOFelqAWpBLgIJK-eHfbHT4mAm1eDZQqSPdYgFeWEUFIWuA4JOKTq23y8A6DSowLoprb7vMI1jHXYPL8IkopFAzOzU/s1600/AWS1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfW9hNJvY8wHqYMkLhzjmObLHHLpbCSGOiaHBPWErNKRdOFelqAWpBLgIJK-eHfbHT4mAm1eDZQqSPdYgFeWEUFIWuA4JOKTq23y8A6DSowLoprb7vMI1jHXYPL8IkopFAzOzU/s400/AWS1.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://alaskawomenspeak.org/">Alaska Women Speak</a> is a quarterly magazine that accepts articles from women all over the state of Alaska. My friends Deanna, Vicki, & Sherry wrote articles for this Spring 2012 20th Anniversary edition too!<br />
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