The Writer has lived in Alaska since 1969 so knows a little bit about the State, even if only by osmosis. She adds a new career every decade or so. Cowboy (girl), mother (not so great), heavy equipment operator, miner, goldsmith, Registered Hunting Guide and Taxidermist, house and road builder and writer with being an artist thrown in there as a constant. Some overlap as she is old, but not THAT old.