Articles written by Burl Sheldon
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PAID COMMENTARY: To a Safe, Healthy Holiday
Thank you, American Bald Eagle Foundation and Haines Tourism Department for hosting a whole food, no-sugar-added “spread” during the recent eagle...
Tom Morphet for Borough Mayor
Two very different candidates are vying for Haines Borough’s mayoral seat. Jan Hill — highly experienced in seats of power, serious about...
My Easter prayer
It’s tragic when profits, hormones and addiction hijack the sacred. Case in point, the Easter holiday with its deep roots in Christianity being...
Thin for better fruit
Each spring, fruit trees and berries produce all the blossoms they can muster. By late June and early July, the fruitlets are forming and it’s time...
Hard, sour fruit: wrong variety
Why does that old apple tree only produce hard, sour apples? The apple variety needs more heat and sun than our biome can provide, so it never...
Growing more food locally
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates how something as secure as earning a paycheck can go awry and directly impact our sense of security. As long as the...