Anchorage residents Sinister, Cedar and Iroh are prepared for an ashfall event. Iroh’s owners, Jesslin Wooliver and Alliana Salanguit, said they thought they “might as well have fun with the goggles ordeal.” (Courtesy/Kat Hoxha, Elizabeth Clark and Alliana Salanguit, Northern Journal)

Katie Kitchpanich, like most of us, feels like she’s dealt with a lot over the past few years. The coronavirus pandemic, mainly, but also the chaos of last year’s election and the new administration…