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Huskies, Heartbreak & Hell: A trail of frozen tears on the K300 Part 2

This is a rerun of one of Harm’s most popular posts–I promised I’d post this several weeks ago, but I got sidetracked… hope you all enjoy. Memories from the 2004 Kuskokwim 300–by Harmony Barron Part2 So there I was, meandering down the trail thinking I was the only poor soul on the planet, when it […]

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Huskies, Heartbreak & Hell: A trail of frozen tears on the K300 Part 1

‘MEMORIES FROM the 2004 Kuskokwim 300’ by Harmony Barron Part 1– My competitive aspirations at this point were a thing of the past. I had eight tired dogs wandering down the trail in front of me, with Sage in single lead. There was no moon to speak of and my last fallen tears had nearly […]

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Narrating an Audiobook #2

The most difficult part about editing the audio version of Ballad of the Northland was controlling the sound– far and away a harder process then writing the book in the first place (at least it seemed so at the time!). Everything from mice scurrying in the walls to a jet-liner droning overhead at thirty-thousand feet, […]

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Ten in the Hole

A rough draft excerpt from my current project The Book of Ten, where we find the young hero of the story in a most dire situation… *** …I took a deep breath and forced myself to look down at my feet. They were both engorged to nearly twice their normal size, and black from blood […]

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Injury on the Trail of the Great Race

I grew up with my brothers on the Yentna River knowing little else then a rough, subsistence lifestyle, and mushing sled dogs– both for competition as well as transportation. It’s fair enough to say that I have a deep connection with the land, its people, and its primary recreation/sport that nears  the level of obsession. […]

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