Per the usual, everything feels like a whirlwind. Our race season is already almost over and it feels like it just started! Anna raced her first John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. This race honors the indigenous mail carrier Eshquabi (whose white name was John). Eshquabi delivered mail for around 20 years from Two Harbors to Gichi-onigamiing (Grand Portage). Although the race has shortened over the years due to climate change and low snow, the mushers still kick out 300 miles

We are 3 months into owning our kennel in Minnesota, and what a wild ride it has been! We purchased 65 acres from my mom over the summer. The land holds an old hunting shack, turned house, that we live in. It is rustic with half-sawn maple beams for joists and cedar slab siding. Upstairs, the a-frame ceiling is unfinished and bolsters R-38 insulation behind a clear vapor barrier. We spent the first month evicting the last of the autumn mice from the upstairs ceiling. At night

Ever since I was young, I dreamed about living off in the woods. I probably imagined a small cabin with a couple of dogs, a wood stove,...

You can only do things for the first time once. There is no rewind or erasing the memories of what happened. In the time leading up to...

Anna and I were sitting in the loft of the workshop at Dew Claw Kennel the other day chatting about the reality that our mid-distance...

"Pay attention to your nerves; if you feel nervous, it's a sign that a Very Big Thing is unfolding. Be nervous for how good that thing...

I've been back in Alaska for a couple of weeks. I'm getting settled into the swing of things at the kennel. Our days here are starting to...

I am counting down the days until Zulu and I head out to Alaska for the winter! The fall here has been very warm and lovely, but I'm...

Winter is pressing its way to step in for autumn. Minnesota is still relatively warm, but winter always arrives. The temperatures are...

First off, thank you to everyone who came to the fundraiser in August! I met so many new people and saw folks that I hadn't seen in a...

Join us for story-sharing, good food, and a silent auction this Thursday! We will be at the Beach House on Thursday, August 29th from 5...

August is here and I am throwing a wee fundraiser gathering in Duluth! Who: Me, Anna, and perhaps Ashley the Iditarod finishing sled dog...

Many folks ask us what the race dogs do during the summer! The Shameless Husky crew heads down to Juneau on the glacier to run tour...

A perfectly written lyric in your favorite song, the moment before the most memorable moment in a film, the minutes before a beautiful...

Anna officially became an Iditarod finisher in March and soon after we prepared for the Kobuk 440 (K440)! As adventurers, we tell stories...

Last week I raced my first 300-mile dogsled race. This was not in the original plan for the season, but other ideas are brewing in the...

I landed in Alaska about a month ago and hit the ground running (literally and figuratively). One thing that I am continually reminded of...

I am excitedly waiting for our first snowfall here in Minnesota. I know it's only October, but when half of your year relies on frozen...

It's been a while! The past several months have been somewhat of a whirlwind with talks, travel, and presentations. After returning home...

Our trip ended abruptly at the Pigeon River on 11 March. We spent so much time crawling (literally crawling) through the Canadian portage...