Beckie Hunter

Triple tray of sweets and finger sandwiches

Teapot with rooibos

Delightful afternoon tea at Vintage Tea and Cakes in Arlington MA - so civilized!

Monarch butterfly on a purple zinnia with green leafy background

Monarch butterfly on a zinnia!

to let them know Free Speech, the Constitution and democracy are more important than appeasement of the current misguided occupant of the White House. Many thanks!" 3/3

""I was very upset by ABC's cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Since my Hulu account is tied to DisneyPlus, I decided to cancel this bundle. I hope you will forward this information to someone who can reverse this decision 2/3

Canceled my Hulu/Disney+ bundle. They only give 500 characters for why, but I think I got in what needed to be said. 1/2

Obituary for Nicholas (RIP)
April 15, 2009 - September 3, 2025

Read memories and see more photos docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Thank you for amplifying her voice as she gets the horrific stories out

YouTube video by Nic Petit July 26, 2025

Nic Petit started a YouTube page today! He plans to go live tomorrow with the 13 new puppies. #iditarod #mushing youtube.com/shorts/FL28e...

Kris Capps, Fairbanks Daily News Miner: "SAD NEWS: Mary Shields, 80, of Fairbanks, died on Monday, July 14. She was the first woman to complete the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in 1974" #Iditarod #mushing

Steve Dallas: “Opus! Get yer butt back in bed! Don’t step outside! Hey, twitwit! Don’t… DON’T! It’s not Door Dash! Don’t go out there! Do not… oh jeezus…” Opus answers the door holding an Igloo cooler, says: “Alrighty! Let me have it fellas!” to a couple of ICE goons in full tactical gear.

Berke Breathed just posted the first new Bloom County strip in forever…

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Jeff Schultz finally caught up with Danny Seaver for his "Faces of the Iditarod" interview and it's a gem! faces.iditarod.com/danny-seavey/

I got to swim with them in the ocean in Mexico - big, sweet cows! If you feed them lettuce they adore you!

Dan Seavey, head of Iditarod champion family, dies at 87 Dan Seavey, the patriarch of the most successful racing family in the history of the Iditarod, died at the age of 87.

www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/05/09/d...

I posted your Substack link to my FB newsfeed and suggest that everyone do the same so it gets lots of clicks there and not on FB. If anyone has Zucks on their Signal chat, clue him in that this is NOT RIGHT. Thanks!

Trivia Cards | Salty Nut Publishing Set of 200 cards about mushers, checkpoints, race rules, and Iditarod vocabulary. Perfect for students or Iditarod enthusiasts.

A mushing pal and I are answering 6 questions/day of the Iditarod Trivia Game! I learned the oldest musher to finish - Col. Norman Vaughn! Went to Antarctica w/ Admiral Bird, moved to AK at 68, ran the race 13x - last in 1990 at 84! in 21 days! www.saltynutpublishingcompany.com/product-page...

Dogs Iditarod 2025

Here's my third annual Dogs Iditarod List! I made a Google sheet of the dogs on each musher's team. I am still missing a few - if you know any others, or see any goofs, please let me know! Many thanks to Toni Reitter for the website and social media links! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

YouTube video by Jeff Schultz Alaska Photography Redington's Run ...A Tribute to Joe Redington Sr. & Hobo Jim Varsos. IDITAROD LEGENDS

Beautiful tribute to Joe Redington Sr, one of the founders of the Iditarod, from Jeff Schultz, set to a Hobo Jim tune! youtu.be/XpUiBpz4PRI

First Iditarod 2025 head-on pass in "the loop": Holmes (1st) going by Failor (12th)! Terry Hanke, who writes "Eyes on the Trail" for The Iditarod, explains, "They also have a widely accepted rule that the northbound have the trail when meeting a southbound team." www.facebook.com/watch?v=1159...

Black Spruce Dog Sledding - Jeff & KattiJo Deeter Jeff here- I am in Galena, and have made the decision to scratch from Iditarod 2025. It has been a tough decision to come to, and I have thought about the pros and cons of continuing the race for...

What a day... Jeff Deeter has scratched from Iditarod 2025 as well. He posted himself to FB. *sigh www.facebook.com/blackspruced...

Menu for the "First to the Yukon River" musher racing in the Iditarod - Paige Drobny got it in Galena checkpoint today!

Sled dog terminology: Get "doggy" before you visit a race! - Pedigree® Stage Stop Race Commentary by Jerry Bath It’s almost time for the 2019 Pedigree Stage Stop Race!  While we’re all getting ready, it might be useful to review some terminology before the race. SLED DOG POSITIONS You’v...

If you need a reminder of what the positions entail wyomingstagestop.org/stage_commen...

It's Iditarod race day! I woke up pondering "Which dog am I?" on a sled dog team - Leader? Swing? Team? Wheel? Where do I want to run? Where would the musher put me?

Here's "what a musher looks like!"

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@iditarod.bsky.social is allowing people who register to watch the Ceremonial Start for free from 2-4 pm ET iditarod.com

Iditarod 53 musher roster Reitter's Block focuses on the sport of dog mushing, centered mainly in Alaska.

Today's the day! The Iditarod Ceremonial Start at 2 pm ET with the parade on city streets in Anchorage - 33 mushers, and over 500 dogs! They'll go across Alaska from Fairbanks Monday. The fantastic musher roster with links. @tonichelle.bsky.social tonichelle.blogspot.com/2025/02/idit...

The 2025 Iditarod starts on Saturday. Here’s what to know - KNOM Radio Mission Story by Alaska Public Media's Ava White The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race looks a lot different this year due to historically scarce snow. The competition kicks off Saturday with a shortened ceremonia...

"The Last Great Race" - The Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska, starts tomorrow. Here's a good primer knom.org/2025/02/27/t...

Orange tabby cat on a blanket in the sun near a window

thankful for you (with brown scrolls above and below)

What is this "accountability?" *sigh

Small tree with orange leaves in the sunshine beside the street

View out my window - the tree finally changed color!