Theresa Bakker
Sundays columnist
Theresa Bakker has been a journalist in Alaska for almost two decades. She's working on her MFA in Creative Nonfiction at the Rainier Writing Workshop. She and her husband own an old house in downtown Fairbanks where they live with their son, Owen. It's often the subject of her biweekly column for the Fairbanks Daily News- Miner. Send her an e-mail at theresabakker@yahoo.com.
Recent Stories
- Visit from lacewing brings thoughts of spring, mortality
- Sunday, May 4, 2008
- Something moved in the corner of the window as I washed my hands. My eyes were relaxed into a soft focus so as not to see the dirty dishes piled up in the sink. After a long winter with no buzzing or beating of wings to lull me into submission, the skittering bug caught my attention right away.
- It’s still possible to feel lost in your own neighborhood
- Sunday, April 20, 2008
- My 4-year-old son is obsessed with getting lost. As he watches his dad preparing for a bison hunting trip, he warns him not to take too many turns. “How will Daddy find his way back home?” he wonders out loud.
- During a visit to the wilderness, a moment overflows
- Sunday, April 6, 2008
- The first thing I notice is the overflow. Just a glimpse through my husband’s window as we drive by of orangey-brown slush covering a stretch of milky-smooth aquamarine ice. Already I’m balking at the thought of a snowmachine crossing that deceptive surface.
- A mess in the making: 'We've got a leak'
- Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008
- I wake abruptly to the feel of a hand shaking my shoulder and a low, worried voice in my ear. I’m used to our 4-year-old invading my sleep, but not the other adult in the house. Before I can complain, I notice the anxiety in my husband’s voice.