Chichagof Island Brown Bear

A two or three year old Brown Bear on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska. He doesn’t have any battle scars yet. He was eating skunk cabbage when I found him wandering through the woods. You can see his mouth opening and closing. He’s air tasting my scent. ...
Book Signing at Fred Meyers

Book Signing at Fred Meyers

Alaska Fred Meyers Book Signing I was recently privileged to take part in a wonderful event sponsored by the National Authors in Grocery Stores Program, a program founded to help authors get exposure and sales. As I and every other author quickly find out, the writing...

Blood Red Shoes, Part 5

Blood Red Shoes by MerrySmith Filmworks The Making of Blog, Part Five More Shooting, Continued by Bradford D Smith More than a few memorable things happened while we searched for props and shooting sites. If the cast or crew could not provide the items we needed, the...

Blood Red Shoes, Part 4

Blood Red Shoes by MerrySmith Filmworks The Making of Blog, Part Four Our First Shoot, Continued by Bradford D Smith We decided to do our first shoot in as friendly an environment as possible, the University of Alaska Juneau campus. We didn’t exactly ask permission...

Blood Red Shoes, Part 3

Blood Red Shoes by MerrySmith Filmworks The Making of Blog, Part Three Cast of Characters, Continued by Bradford D Smith First some housekeeping. It was recently brought to my attention that Glow is actually Glo. My lack of intimate knowledge of the English language...