Lynn Lovegreen4 days ago1 minKachemak Bay, AlaskaI just got home from the Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference in Homer, Alaska. I had a great time and enjoyed meeting fellow writers. I'm...
Lynn LovegreenMay 102 minA Different Drummer(Note: I have a bum left hand today, so I'm recycling an old post from a few years ago. Enjoy!) I was the nice, quiet kid who read a lot....
Lynn LovegreenMay 32 minTeacher Appreciation Week 2022I was one of those kids who always loved school. I enjoyed my classes, and my teachers expanded my world. I was lucky to have great...
Lynn LovegreenApr 261 minSigns of SpringI admit I'm jealous of the photos of spring bulbs flowering and trees budding in other places. But signs of spring are arriving here in...
Lynn LovegreenApr 191 minHappy National Park Week!Since President Grant established Yellowstone National Park in 1872, national parks have been inspiring and enriching our lives. I’ve...
Lynn LovegreenApr 121 minSpring Writing EventsSpring is the time of renewal and new beginnings. While the view out my window is still white and brown, I have hope spring is coming to...
Lynn LovegreenApr 51 minNational Library Week 2022As you’ve probably noticed by now, I am a huge library fan. My family loves to read, and one of my favorite childhood memories is getting...
Lynn LovegreenMar 292 minRecapturing The Joy of WritingAbout a month ago, I was in a writing slump. I still thought about my novel/work in progress, and I put enough words together to...
Lynn LovegreenMar 221 minWomen's History Month: Elizabeth PeratrovichNote: This was first posted on the Romancing the Genres blog. Alaska has its share of strong women. One of the strongest is an historical...
Lynn LovegreenMar 152 minThe 50th Iditarod is running strong!You’ve probably heard of the Iditarod, but you may not know this year’s race is the fiftieth. Joe Redington Sr. and a few others wanted...
Lynn LovegreenMar 81 minRunning of the Reindeer 2022Last week, I wrote about Anchorage's Fur Rendezvous festival (https://www.lynnlovegreen.com/post/fur-rondy-time). My family and I had a...
Lynn LovegreenMar 11 minFur Rondy time!Fur Rondy is short for Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage's winter festival. It started way back in 1935, at a time "that would coincide with the...
Lynn LovegreenFeb 152 minSometimes you have to get politicalI usually write about books, writing, or Alaska on this blog. I reserve the political stuff for my social media or my private life. But...
Lynn LovegreenFeb 81 minBlack History of the Last FrontierDid you know that Alaska has a long heritage of Black history? It does! Among the first group of Americans to arrive in the Arctic were...
Lynn LovegreenFeb 12 minAlaska writing groups are the best!I am lucky to live and write in Alaska for many reasons. One is the great writing community here. I am fortunate to have writing friends...
Lynn LovegreenJan 251 minTrying Out The StoryGraphTrying Out The StoryGraph A friend recently mentioned The StoryGraph (https://app.thestorygraph.com/). Anything that has to do with books...
Lynn LovegreenJan 181 minNew You in 2022? Note: This was first posted in the Romancing the Genres blog. The beginning of the year is a great time to do something new. Want to try...
Lynn LovegreenJan 111 minThe First Alaska State LegislatureOn January 26, 1959, the first Alaska state legislature convened in Juneau. Forty representatives and twenty senators were elected from...
Lynn LovegreenJan 44 minMy Favorite Reads of 2021I was able to surpass my reading goal, one of the few silver linings of being stuck at home in 2021. Many of the novels I read were new,...
Lynn LovegreenDec 28, 20212 minMy Word of the Year for 2022: AskA couple years ago, one of my friends said she focuses on a Word of the Year instead of making a resolution. I thought that made sense,...