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	Friday, November 24, 2006

Northern Lights: Round 2? According the the Aurora Forecast, auroral activity will be low. However, the short term (1 hour) forecast, as I type is moderate. So, Tygey and I are going to bundle up and trundle down to our viewing location to see if we can espy some dancing Northern Lights. You just gotta love living in Alaska. In addition to weather forecasts, we have volcano forecasts, tsunami forecasts, and northern lights forecasts. We are definitely at nature's ground zero. UPDATE: No northern lights visible tonight. And if I would have looked more closely at the auroral forecast, I would have noticed that the southern border of activity was well north of Anchorage. But while closely perusing the short term forecast, I read this: Please Note: The short term prediction presented here is based on the Planetary K (Kp) prediction of the Costello Geomagnetic Activity Index model. You can find the actual Kp predictions here, and more information on the Costello model here. How's that for tech speak???? 7:41:02 PM    comment []

A Wonderful Thanksgiving!!!!!!! Yesterday was just a perfect day - good food, good family, and totally cozy on a very cold day. I spent most of the day cooking - but fortunately, just about everything had been prepared and staged the night before. So, it was more like assemblage than actual cooking. But as all veteran Thanksgiving chefs know, assemblage is a huge part of the day. Peter's cooking contributions were three fabulous loaves of Challah - which he made Wednesday night. Peter really has a way with bread and his Challah is killer good. However, we did have a bit of a close call on the Challah front. Peter took the bread out of the oven at 10:00 PM and then came upstairs to give me a piece. Yum. It was so good! But, while we were reveling in the Challah goodness, Tyge disappeared. He had snuck off downstairs, removed the towel from the top of the bread and was just getting ready to retrieve a loaf or three when Peter caught him. Whew! Catastrophe averted The brined turkey turned out marvelously well - incredibly moist with great flavor. The stuffing was an apple, parsnip, sausage, and fresh sage melange and was also very yummy - although it was quite a bit of work. It took two hours of preparation and that was for a halved recipe. I think though that I would definitely make it again. Mom brought over our very favorite yams with cognac, nutmeg, and cream. Hard to go wrong on that one! My mouth is watering as I type. Everything was just so good. After dinner and the dishes, Peter, Tyge, and I went for a long walk in the sub-zero cold. But we hit the jackpot on our outing, the Northern Lights were out in glorious full force. A perfect end to a perfect day! Peter and Tyge heading out for their morning constitutional - it was 5 below zero, so they were both bundled up. Check out Tyge's new booties. Aren't they stylin'?!!! Which might be more than we can say for Peter's beyond retro moon boots. The turkey is ready! Carving the turkey. Peter definitely has a fan club. Finishing touches on the table. If you look very closely, you can see our linen turkey napkins, and our turkey bread plates. What you can't see are our nifty turkey dinner plates and turkey napkin rings. Peter spent two hours yesterday looking absolutely everywhere for the dinner plates and napkin rings - he could not find them. We figure they will resurface long about the Fourth of July. 7:28:29 PM    comment []

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