What some folks call "summer", I call mural season. One of the first acts, its painting storm drains. This year, on June 6th. All are welcome! Submit an idea by 23 May to www.tvwatershed.org/enterstormdr...
Empty bowls! In Fairbanks on Saturday, April 4th. Doors open at 11am.
light loosening winter's grip
That's why I got a job with the state in January.
@alaskanlisa.bsky.social you made my day :)
Received a request for a custom ski design/paint of "interior Alaska lichen and mosses". This is what the research process looks like. Design is up next!
For those working on their #NenanaIceClassic guesses, this is what the snow pack is looking like in Fairbanks:
"after air and water, clay is the most abundant substance on earth" is written in this "field guide for deeply noticing" by John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
Alaska clay is #15!
🌞❄️ love snowshoeing? join me for lunchtime rambles that try to connect sidewalks and bus stops.
Thanks!!
NWS website does the same thing by including lows forecasted for sat morning as the daily low for Friday. Why is that? Or maybe a better question is at what time does "tonight" end tomorrow?
Why are morning temperatures not included in that days high/low temps?
e.g., lowest hourly temp forec. for Fri in Fairbanks is "-24°F". Daily low listed for Fri is "-32". "-32" is forec. for 8 am on Sat. Daily low listed for Sat is "-15" 🤷🏻‍♀️
@climatologist49.bsky.social @alaskawx.bsky.social
wearable native plant guide for winter trails in Alaska
"If a thousand [wo]men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood". - Thoreau (1849)
spray paint was 75% off last week at Ace
While in the Legislature, Kreiss-Tomkins was a member of the bipartisan, bicameral fiscal working group that in 2021 drafted a plan intended to bring the state’s finances in line over the long term.
standing together on the right side of the road
Ethical consumption under capitalism
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
Entertained by how awkward our town looks on this @alaskaairlines.bsky.social promo. Tourists, its yours for just 16,500 miles: unlocked.atmosrewards.com/listings/da6...
reminder that art friends come/came first
*use of pottery in Europe: 21,000 to 25,000 BC
**use of writing in Europe: 3,500 BC
Community art critique last night got us thinking about what we want to do more of next year:
a) sharing local clays with potters in Interior Alaska,
b) building clay pitchers and holders for Brita filters,
c) mixing ash glazes from wildland fires.
🔥⚱️ This Friday, come touch art made with ash from the 2025 Bonanza Creek fire @uafairbanks.bsky.social
We really wanted to capture the sometimes complicated Thanksgiving holiday from a Native perspective on Molly of Denali, including the values of gratitude and family/clan our cultures have always been lead by. And now the episode of Emmy-nominated!
#thanksgiving #nativeamericanheritagemonth
test tiles of two clays from Fairbanks, AK
The Fairbanks Pottery Guild poured play and wit into the Bear Gallery this month, and two of the mugs are made with ash from the 2025 Bonanza Creek fire!
When a fed, we were diligent about collating gov emails for FOIA requests. If you can, give the office(s) time. I know two FOIA people that retired earlier this year and their positions are still vacant.
Tea strainers shaped like summer flora. Partially vitrified so that each use can deepen the flavor.