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Substack Thank You Notes
(NOTE: This was written for my Substack blog readers, but I figured you'd enjoy it.) This morning I decided to multi-task, even though I really believe that it’s best to be mindful, as my friend Stephanie used to remind me before she died. She suggested counting to...
Bears, Ballots and JKT: Good News from Alaska.
My friend Kim was taking care of her dad in his last days, when she read a column by former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy titled, “We Could All Use a Soul Box.” He says a soul box is a collection of hopeful things to look at when you are down. His includes a clip...
The Beauty of October
(NOTE: If you want to listen to this post, please click on the audio on my Substack version of this. It is free.) “An experience of the beautiful can change the heart. A thank you note. A sunrise. A poem.” – Rev Dr. Robert Allan Hill The first...
A Good Alaskan Summer Moment
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” ― Henry James Chip took the little kids and big dogs for a walk while I tidied up, watered the flowers and called a friend in the hospital. He...
Sunday’s Thought A Homily for One
On Wednesday at noon I went to mass. A lot has been happening that I am grateful for. I thought I was a little late, but it looked like I was early. I peeked in the chapel and came back to the vestibule, and saw Father Ko (please call me Michael) a missionary from...
Riding My Bike. It’s Good (Even When It’s Not…)
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as you ever can. -Attributed to John Wesley Chip and I rode in the Kluane to Chilkat International Bike...
Checking In
Joy is not made to be a crumb.- Mary Oliver Hi, I have been thinking of you. I have been in Tenakee for most of March, shoveling snow! So much snow, every day, and working on and on off on a couple of projects, a how-to write an obituary book, a collection of essays,...