Author Archives: musherpeg

Sled Dog Days of Spring

Posted on March 29, 2018 by musherpeg

Thirteen hours, 10 minutes and 58 seconds of glorious daylight today. Tomorrow it will be thirteen hours, 17 minutes and 43 seconds. Each day we gain just seconds shy of seven minutes, as March rolls into April and April rolls … Continue reading →

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The Snow Sounds Like Ice Cream

Posted on March 24, 2018 by musherpeg

It’s officially spring. New beginnings. The animals are starting to prepare for the birth of their young and there are visions of gardening dancing in my head. All of this is still weeks away of course, because we had a … Continue reading →

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So You Want To Be A Sled Dog Handler

Posted on March 10, 2018 by musherpeg

The famous Iditarod, a 1,000 mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, is well underway. The stress and frenzy of pre-race requirements – packing drop bags, filled with a musher’s essential supplies, and getting them to the designated distribution … Continue reading →

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Old Dogs But No Watermelon Wine

Posted on March 5, 2018 by musherpeg

Tappy. Tappy. Tappy. Tappy. This is the sound of Oni tappy-toeing up and down the hall every night, about 5 minutes after I’ve gone to bed. Soon the noise is in stereo, because Gump has joined her. The tapping is … Continue reading →

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See You On The Other Side PeePee

Posted on March 3, 2018 by musherpeg

It was a note that shattered my already bruised and tender heart into a million pieces. “Peg – PeePee is dying. Come visit tonight. Euthanized tomorrow.” The words might appear to be abrupt and written without feeling, but I knew … Continue reading →

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Here’s To New Beginnings

Posted on March 2, 2018 by musherpeg

It’s been a while. There are a variety of reasons mostly related to health, so I won’t bore you. Spring will be here in 19 days! It seems that on the one hand, winter has flown by; but on the … Continue reading →

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Salmon, Kibble and Fish Guts

Posted on November 27, 2016 by musherpeg

I like feeding our dogs; especially this time of year. It’s dark and I work in the beam of a headlamp. There is just something about the crunch of snow underfoot, the breath of barking dogs that hangs in the … Continue reading →

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Tis the Season……for Frostbite.

Posted on November 21, 2016 by musherpeg

The mercury has crept downward to more normal temperatures around here. We were spoiled by a very warm fall, after a miserably wet summer. It’s 8 degrees below zero F (-22 C) as I write this, which overall isn’t that … Continue reading →

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Seasons and Silence

Posted on November 6, 2016 by musherpeg

I’ve been sick all week – like pneumonia and say nice things at my funeral or else, sick. Sasha (aged 10ish and with a trick elbow), Spud (aged 11 and fattest husky in the world) and Oni (aged 12 and … Continue reading →

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Yes Virginia (or Peg), there are grouse in Alaska

Posted on November 1, 2016 by musherpeg

Bella and I were cooped up in the house for 3 looonnngggg days. Little kid cooties are quite virile and my cold/cough morphed into pneumonia last week. I mostly laid on the couch and whined all weekend, with intermittent breaks … Continue reading →

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