Category: winter activity

Hibernating for the Winter

Nature’s patterns offer hints to us as to how we might live our lives. In spring, we find an opportune time to be planting, seeding, and bringing forth new ideas; in summer, the conditions are ripe for working and playing; in fall, we can be harvesting and nesting; and in winter, we might just want…


Beyond the Northern Lights, Winter in Alaska Offers Plentiful Outdoor Fun

I came all the way to Alaska in the dead of winter to take a picture. It’s a long way to go for a snapshot—1,528 miles—but it’s one heck of an image, one I’ll use the rest of my life to win dinner bets. And it’s only the second-most popular Fairbanks midwinter photo. First, of…