The Northern lights danced!

It has been clear and cold. Thursday night the sign at the Red Robin on Dimond Blvd read temp 25, time 9:16 as I boarded my bus home from my rubber-stamp class at Michael's.
As we cruised down the road, the driver exclaimed - "The northern lights are out, folks!" Everybody looked, but due to the streetlights we really couldn't see them well. When I got off at my stop though, heading to the house, they were dancing in the sky. Aurora lights form horizontal arcs and swoop up overhead, then disappear only to reappear somewhere else in the sky. You can often see the stars right through the lights.
I've tried to give a sample of what they're like, here.

This Sunday there were two concerts in Anchorage.

In the Performing arts Center, Eugenie Zukerman, with her gold flute, and the International SeJong Players, a string ensemble of Julliard extraction, e ntertained some 800 residents with their classical musicianship. I had a chance to visit with some Seldovia friends who came up for the concert - It brightened a rainy day!

At the Sullivan Arena some four hours later, Rod Stewart entertained with his golden repertoire of favorites. And at the cinema palaces - and in the clubs - there were other evening entertainments.

A heady menu for an Alaskan Bush resident...

Speaking of Bush residents - the Alaska Federation of Natives convention holds sway this week ahead. Hotels are booked, visiting cousins stay with relatives, and the gathering of the main indigenous Alaskan cultures begins. Later this week I will go to the Egan Center to find out what's on the agenda.