In the tiny villages of rural Alaska there are usually no cake shops where one can order a special cake so sometimes those of us who do not normally design and decorate wedding cakes find ourselves stacking tiers and placing stairs and flowers... My cousin John Askoak got married last weekend to his long time girlfriend Darlene "Tassie" Nickoli. She asked me if I could make her cake. I replied that only if my sister Olga was willing to help decorate. Olga is a health aide here and she was on call - thank goodness no one called her. She left my house at 5:30 A.M. Sunday morning, we were almost done. The parents of the bride helped bring the cake to the gym, and my sister and I finished up the cake with time to sit and anxiously await the happy crowd. One of the people asked me how much cake mixes we used, and another asked other questions - my response to all was "I have no idea, I lost count. I am just so glad it turned out okay!" After I recover from this case of flu I have a few people asking about taxes...such is life in rural Alaska.
