this writer's bio says she authored two memoirs about her life. I guess Barrow and the east coast are formative life experiences that we can all get behind. She means to be a very uplifting person - looking for the best in all people - including the ones she doesn't have any use for. It sounds like she thinks some folks out there are swamp dwellers - being those who Mr. Sessions is looking out for evidently. 

I don't know Mr. Sessions from Adam - and obviously neither does this woman. good lord I hope winter is over soon - so these folks who write for the ADN can go back to their caves and evolve into rational human beings.