Stories are the fabric of cultures worldwide - including Kodiak. Learn about Galley Tables, a local storytelling event and how you can participate in a nationwide story gathering effort over the holidays. Life on Alaska's Kodiak Island. 

The Taurids meteor shower, finding the North Star, and the American Dipper. Exploring the celestial and things terra firma on Alaska's Kodiak Island. 

A pumpkin parade, a relatively unusual full moon, and familiar celestial sights. Life on Kodiak Island in Alaska. 

Stormy seas, blustery days, a Galley Tables storytelling event, and a visit by a pod of killer whales. A busy week on Alaska's largest island, Kodiak. 

(Trivia tidbit: Kodiak is the second-largest island in the US - second only to our neighbor to the south, Hawaii.)

Big tides, changeable weather, and the Orionid Meteor Shower are all topics on this week's edition of Island Byways. A little show about life on an island in the North Pacific. 

The winds of November come early to the island. 

Salmon in the Circle of Life, storms bring much-needed rain to the rivers and streams where coho salmon patiently wait their turn to head upstream to spawn.

Autumn is beginning to show her colors and the landscapes, miniature and otherwise, are a photographer's dream. 

Remembering 9/11 and celebrating the good in your life. Life on an island in the North Pacific.

Labor Day weekend means some extra time for salmon fishing here on the island. Pink salmon are rushing upstream but the silvers are only trickling in - perhaps waiting offshore for the pinks to get out of their way. Life on Alaska's Kodiak Island.