Susitna Writer's Voice--StarDate Susitna, by Kathleen Fleming
The three, (not five), planets in our morning sky, an upcoming near miss of the Moon and a star, and other astro-info about our unique perspective on the heavens above.
Susitna Writer's Voice
Susitna Writer’s Voice is KTNA’s weekly showcase of writing and storytelling from the Upper Susitna Valley and beyond. In short, locally produced episodes, writers and community members share fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, interviews, student work, science features, and collaborative pieces. The series celebrates diverse voices, creativity, lived experience, and the stories that connect the community.
Susitna Writer's Voice-- "The Murre Invasion", part two, by Robin Song
This is part 2. Click here for part 1. I left off my last story- which was ‘part one’ of the “Murre Invasion”- heading back to my temporary residence in
Susitna Writer's Voice -- "The Murre Invasion" , part one, by Robin Song
Photos by Billy FitzGerald This is part one. Click here for part 2. Last October I noticed a posting in our local Northern Susitna Birders group on the Internet about
Susitna Writer's Voice- "Wasilla Eagle's Nest", by Robin Song
In the summer of 2014 I visited a Bald Eagle’s nest I know of in Wasilla. I’d been going to visit a nest site a few hundred yards north of
Susitna Writer's Voice-- "Osprey Nest" by Robin Song
My last story involved a nest of Blackpoll Warblers whose nestlings did not survive to fledge. I wanted to have this story be about two nests I observed that same
Susitna Writer's Voice--"The Last Word", by Arthur Mannix
In this essay, we go back in time to an evening when Talkeetna writers gathered in the dirt-floored and chicken-wired Hangar, and way, way back to the dawn of the
Susitna Writer's Voice--StarDate Susitna, by Kathleen Fleming
A history of human perception and prediction of the Leonid meteor shower, with updates on the activities of La Luna, and the “dance of the planets” in the morning sky.
Susitna Writer's Voice--"Lessons from a Nest", by Robin Song
This story does not have a “…and they lived happily ever after” ending. It’s more in the vein of “harsh reality”, so please be forewarned. I want to tell
Susitna Writer's Voice--StarDate Susitna, by Kathleen Fleming
How the dynamic planet dance in the pre-dawn sky is choreographed, and more!