Island Byways

All Alaskans look forward to the winter solstice when we begin to gain daylight. Kodiak celebrates with the rest of the state with the Harbor Lights Festival and Parade and the Light the Rock Holiday Home Lights Tour.  Winter Solstice on a little island in the North Pacific. 

Watching the Geminids, learning about the winter birds of Kodiak, and a special holiday retrospective concert by Isle Bells. Life on Kodiak Island. 

Let the decorating begin...oh wait! It has already begun. Many of us on the island are anxious to add some light to the holiday season - perhaps a little earlier than usual. Right on cue, the full moon lights our night sky next week, too. Life on Kodiak Island. 

Blustery November weather, looking for Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, and Mars in the night (or morning) sky.  Life on Kodiak Island. 

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.