Craig Bieber

Thirty-nine years ago I dragged the California woman I met in the San Francisco Bay Area to Alaska. We joined the adventurous and independent people who preceded us to one of the most fascinating places on earth, and we maintain our primary home there to this day.

Alaska is a land of mystery, and a state that is the subject of as many misconceptions as there are people who have not spent a considerable amount of time there. Now people know something about Alaska’s governor, and a little about the oil industry in Alaska, because of the current focus on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, better known as ANWR.

In the last few years, I’ve spent several months of every year outside of Alaska. The things I hear from people I’ve encountered convince me that very few of them know the truth about either its governor or ANWR. Whether you are interested or not, both issues are, or may be, of national significance.

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(First published at JustOneOpinion.com on February 5, 2009)

This is a short story. It’s a story full of pain and truth, yet with a happy ending.

In technical terms, getting a new knee is called a “knee arthroplasty.” Currently, almost half a million people in our country have either a knee or a hip replacement every year. It’s both a bane and a blessing of being a “Boomer” in our current world. Most members of our generation have led more active lives than our parents did, and we are fortunate to live in an era where technological advances are rapidly keeping pace with our drive to wear our parts out.

I had a knee arthroplasty two weeks and three days ago. Getting to the point where you are ready to commit to this surgery generally follows a period of years with angst and pain. Making the elective decision to go through a period you know is going to be full of even more intense angst and pain is not an easy one.

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I am excited to introduce the new website and blog that will enable me to keep readers up to date on what is going on with Saylor’s Triangle, the work on the sequel to Saylor’s Triangle, The Permanent Plan, and my growing list of articles being posted on JustOneOpinion.com.

This website and blog will allow readers to contact me, get background information on Saylor’s Triangle and The Permanent Plan, and get information on any new developments related to my writing.  It will also give you links to the other great writers who I have partnered with at Just One Opinion, and in our efforts to market our books.

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