About meI am originally from the Washington, DC, area and got my undergraduate degree in English at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. I later moved to Oregon to get my master's degree in journalism at the University of Oregon.
From Oregon, I moved to McCarthy, where I now own 9+ off-grid acres. Above is my two-year-old, Nikolai, when he was a pup. To the right are, from top to bottom: my pack (from left) of 13-year-old Cletus, eight-month-old Yawp, two-year-old Nikki, and three-year-old Benni at the gate of the 400-foot-perimeter fence I built this summer; a photo of my cabin in early November after I finished my second (and last) addition (my new driveway is in the foreground); inside the newest addition, which will become a laundry room/office, after I put in laminate flooring this summer; a three-dog day in the first addition (the living room); a run on the road that leads to my place in February 2012; and a picture from a hike about 10 miles from my property. I still spend summers in McCarthy expanding my growing empire of plywood buildings and playing in the wilderness. In 1998, I moved to Fairbanks and worked at the News-Miner. I previously worked in journalism at the Washington Post and the News & Advance in Lynchburg, VA. Nine years ago, I began teaching again (I taught three years of high school English and journalism back in Virginia before grad school) at West Valley. I transfered to Hutch and have taught here for six+ years. I have spent most of my working life either as a journalist or as a teacher, but I also worked on a small farm in Pennsylvania. Here at Hutch, I teach 11th-grade English and 10th-grade English. I was the adviser for The Aviator, a 12- to 16-page monthly student newspaper produced by the journalism class. Due to budget cuts, journalism is no longer offered as an English elective and, therefore, The Aviator no longer exists. However, you can view some of our past issues in PDF format below; the kids did great work. |
May 2013 Aviator | |
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April 2013 Aviator | |
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March 2013 Aviator | |
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December 2012 Aviator | |
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November 2012 Aviator | |
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October 2012 Aviator | |
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May 2012 Aviator | |
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April 2012 Aviator | |
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March 2012 Aviator | |
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