With the start of the Iditarod, we also have the official start of the Igivearod. The link to the spreadsheet is below and you'll find a list of very worth charities to contribute to. Please help if you can and spread the word too. #igivearod2026 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I've started my 4th annual Dogs Iditarod 2026 spreadsheet! I found the Squids!! At any given moment, you can find me scouring kennel and musher sites on the interwebs looking for dog team names!! #MusherSky #Iditarod2026 #Iditarod54 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The tale of a dogman and his good old dog - how he snuck her in to the Iditarod Banquet and a ride in the sled for the Ceremonial Start!! #iditarod2026 #MusherSky #Iditarod54 www.facebook.com/nicolasxpeti...

Whether you know anything about sled dog mushing or not, guess who'll win and follow along with the Iditarod! Join the fantasymushing.com game, pick 7 mushers to follow and see how you do compared to about 1000 others from all over the world!

It's time for "what do mushers look like?" Here's the Anchorage Daily News photo feature about the people running 1000 miles across Alaska with their dog teams over the next two weeks www.adn.com/outdoors-adv...

The Iditarod starts this weekend! The Ceremonial Start (parade) is Saturday, and the race starts Sunday. Here's a great article with details and photos about the sled dog race 1,000 miles across Alaska! alaskapublic.org/news/iditaro...

Espstein's survivor PSA - help make it go viral. www.worldwithoutexploitation.org

My first ever glimpse of the Northern Lights!!! From my balcony on November 11 at 9:19 pm

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

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...

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

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

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/

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...

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...

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...

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!

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!"

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

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

View out my window - the tree finally changed color!

Tasty time at Trinktisch in Belmont for German treats! 1) pork schnitzel with mushroom sauce, spaetzel and cabbage, 2) four sausages with kraut and mustard

Awesome anniversary dinner at Cafe Escadrille in Burlington MA - the lamp lolly pops and Escargot were the stand-outs!

Happy October!

Hubby is here now. Follow him at @audioboy.bsky.social

Here I am trying out yet another "social!" Whee!