The Gluttonous Gobbler

Lets face it America ever since we hit Plymouth Rock on the Mayflower and broke bread with the Native Americans and formed the annual Feast-Day that we call Thanksgiving we have become a nation of gluttons. Think about it: what other day on the calendar can we gorge ourselves on everything and feel good about […]

Airport Creepers and Personal Liberty

I have been told that I have an opinion about everything and with the Airport Creepers and quasi-governmental stranglehold that the TSA has over us it is taking away our personal liberty and I think they have gone too far. [Press play, turn up the speakers and scroll down to the slideshow] Is it Hype […]

The Future Home of Iditarod Dreams: Dream Big

In Alaska you can taste the American Dream…. The American Dream is distilled to it’s essence up here in the Last Frontier. Take yourself and go out and try to make a success of it. What did the great explorer Norman Vaughan say: Dream Big and Dare to Fail   Robert Forto | Team Ineka […]

Mush! You Huskies: MUSH the movie interview

On the latest edition of Mush! You Huskies, we interviewed filmmaker Alex Stein about his new behind-the-scenes documentary about the Iditarod: MUSH the Movie Stein is not only a filmmaker but an avid fan of the The Last Great Race, the Iditarod and spent the better part of two years making a film that tells […]

The Future Home of Iditarod Dreams: Guiding Light

Only a musher window shops at the local feed store. I was in Underdog Feed in Wasilla yesterday picking up meat and kibble for the dogs and chit chatting away when something in the display case caught my eye. It was three new headlamps they just got in from a company in Germany called Lupine […]

The Future Home of Iditarod Dreams: Family Ties

My wife posted a comment on Facebook the other day saying that she was teaching our sixteen year old son, Tyler how to drive and it did not go well. Evidently they went to the movies and Michele let Tyler drive home and to a quick stop to McDonalds to grab a bite on the […]

The future home of Iditarod dreams: Where you going, city boy?

The one question I hear over and over up here in the Last Frontier is always the same: You haven’t had a taste of your first Alaskan winter yet, then? What comes to mind to me after yesterday is the old Carpenters tune: We Have Only Just Begun. Maybe you have heard it. If not […]

The NHL All-Star Game

I have been a huge hockey fan for as long as I can remember. Hockey is one of those sports that many don’t know anything about because they did not grow up with it. You see, to most people a favorite sports team comes from their past or their hometown. Say you live in Pittsburg […]

Pets as Therapists

This is an entry in a series of posts about dog law. The subject of dog law is often misunderstood and I hope by providing education to dog owners that it is not just he said, she said, in regards to the rights of our canine companions. The topic today is about canines assisting in […]

Mush! You Huskies radio show: Graveyard of Dreams

On the latest edition of Mush! You Huskies, we interviewed author and journalist Craig Medred about his book, Graveyard of Dreams. Graveyard of Dreams is a book about all those who aspired and dreamed of running the Iditarod. The Iditarod is known as The Last Great Race and to many they sacrifice it all in […]