In May, we hosted the Discovery Channel on our boat to shoot footage for the 'Deadliest Catch'
series. In August, the History Channel came to shoot WWII Quonset huts
and bunkers (series due out Jan. 2006). Then, last night, a special
friend came over for dinner: Nick Jans, book author and staff writer
for Alaska Magazine, USA Today and many other pubs. Over crab quiche,
salad and beer, he talked about his new book, 'The Grizzly Maze'.You may recall hearing about Timothy Treadwell, who, in Oct. 2003, was mauled and eaten (so was his girlfriend) by a brown bear on the Alaska Peninsula. Nick's book is very well written (is selling well), and is a much better accounting than the Hollywood-ized Werner Herzog movie, 'Grizzly Man'. [Ironic note: Timothy had actually named the bear that eventually killed him. The name? Mr. Vicious.]
Hurricane Katrina
left thousands of people homeless, thirsty and hungry. Calls for relief
appeared immediately; and the world answered. Yet if you live in New
York City or Phoenix, the Gulf Coast might seem far, far away. Besides
donating to the Red Cross how can you help on a local level? Listen as
Anchorage, Alaska garden writer Jeff Lowenfels says you can, through a volunteer program called 
