NOTES ABOUT THIS SITE

Many archived website pages, journals, and photo albums were located on google drive and other servers that have been discontinued.  Those links have finally been removed and this site will remain active, although gets updated very infrequently.  Sorry about that but I’m tired and getting older.  I will maintain periodically when the spirit moves me. Contact me at my email: kristinalaska@gmail.com

A NEW CHAPTER

I’m stepping off the well-trodden path of expectations and “doing the right thing” to find a new way forward. This is my story.

I must have been born a vagabond who took a 25 year detour to raise my kids, and then somehow got “married” to the house I built to raise them in, and now I’ve been (mostly) enjoying it for another 20 years. Through all that time I had a busy professional life and volunteered in every possible way to make my community a better place to live. But my friends and family have all moved away and none of my grandkids are being raised here… so at last I want to reclaim my life, to follow my wandering urges and to have the FREEDOM that I have never allowed myself before.

In November 2012 I bought a motor home and in January 2013 I took my sweet dog Cheyenne, who is aging like me, and we headed into the sunset. We are always excited to see what is over the next hill. The house isn’t sold – yet.  But I have a freeze alarm that calls phone numbers if the temperature drops enough to freeze inside.  It’s not complete freedom, but it’s more mobility.

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ANOTHER NEW CHAPTER

Now it’s 2021 so much time has passed and we just survived a l-o-n-g pandemic year, but so far so good, and life goes on.  This year I will be 75 years old, which is hard to believe.  Since I bought the motorhome I never spent another winter in Alaska until this one.  I’m surprised that it wasn’t that bad, in fact it was quite enjoyable, and being isolated was okay too.  But I’ll hit the road again this year and will continue posting occasionally.  I imagine my style has changed along with the content.  I’ll probably talk more about aging aches and pains, looking back on life and changes and memories.  Honestly, it is probably for my own self anyway.

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