FEATURES & COLUMNS Dear Mistress
questions answered by Mistress Ester This time we hear from Craving Less.
Dose of Reality: The Increasing Role of the Physician Assistant
by Neil Davis We can probably expect to see physician assistants take on an increased role in providing Alaskans with health care, particularly in the state's rural areas.
Eating "Out"
A Conspiracy of Ravens, by Rich Seifert Being at the top of the food chain is a huge burden. Perhaps we can take a hint from the raven, and broaden our diet, eat close to home, or lower down on the food chain. Millions of people do, you know.
The Ester Thought Posse Report
May 2008 A corporate shakeup in India may mean a new resident and her rickshaw racers in Ester.
Ferment at Gold Hill Liquor
by D. Helfferich The changes at our local grocery and liquor store have been coming fast and thick for months now. And then there's the discoveries one can make: Old Engine Oil that is highly drinkable—for the stout of heart.
Gazeboed!
by D. Helfferich As alert Esteroids have noticed by now, there is a gazebo going up in the woods across from the Ester Post Office. What many have not realized is that this has something to do with a library in Ester.
The Long View: Pay the Rent
part 3 of 3 by Ross Coen A recent Chukchi Sea oil and gas lease sale protest this February echoes the protest led by Charlie Edwardsen, Jr., against the Prudhoe Bay lease sale in September 1969.
The Missionary Position on Atolls
opinion by Neal Matson I had the surreal experience of looking into a raw, flooded, A-bomb crater in the Marshall Islands: Enewetak Atoll. I was looking through turquoise water into a past of 175,000 years.
An Ode to Ye Olde Cookbook
Outpost Agriculture, by Philip A. Loring The Olde Country Cookbook takes the cake: these local, low-budget cookbooks are artifacts of a food culture for which community, sharing, fellowship, and fun were both common and essential ingredients.
Porch Bear Alert
by D. Helfferich A black bear has been sauntering up to people's porches in search of food—in garbage cans, in dog food bowls, or in kitchens—occupied by human beings or no.
Radio News
by D. Helfferich A bit of sleuthing uncovers the difference between broadcasting from Ester and being licensed to Ester.
Read Freely to Freely Read: Expression Through a Banned Book
Live Free or Die, part 13, by Kate Billington During the revolutionary period of our history, it was considered treasonable to blashpheme the king, Parliament, or the policies regarding the Colonies. Blasphemy was whatever the British goverment decided it was.
Spring ECA
by D. Helfferich from notes by Monique Musick The spring ECA meeting was jam-packed, and featured a lot of reports, a boy scout presentation and proposal, and a slew of summer projects and events.
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