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The Moose that Came Home for Christmas
Back in September a healthy young bull moose escaped from his enclosure at the Kroschel Wildlife Center on Mosquito Lake Road. He had lived there since he was a baby. Steve Kroschel has permits for this sort of thing. He named him Duck Moses, after his savior, Duck...
Vote Tomorrow! 7am-8pm Chilkat Center & Kelhini Valley Fire Hall
In the last election, just 38% of the registered voters in Haines cast a ballot. Honestly, aren't we more engaged than that? I still think that voting in Alaska should be linked to our permanent fund dividend check. If you don't vote you don't get one. I also think...
Monday Morning News
Today's to-do list: 9:15 Walk Pearl 10:30 Chat with the Alaska Broadcaster's Association about my keynote speech to them Nov. 10 11:00 Bring the fuchsias and geraniums in for the winter and if there is time cut back the dahlias. There could be a frost anytime and I...
Sunday’s Thought
“Ten times a day something happens to me like this - some strengthening throb of amazement - some good sweet empathic ping and swell. This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.” ― Mary...
Oh These Lovely Days
The North really showed off for the visit of the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge and the little prince and princess-- both day and night with sunny skies, golden leaves, and wild northern lights. It's hard to believe they were so close-- Whitehorse and then Carcross,...
Spools and Threads
There's a great line in Anne Tyler's novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, in which one of the characters, Red, a builder and now grandfather, declares that caller ID is like cheating-- It seems to me, he says, that you should have to pick up the phone and take your chances....
Monday Morning News
It's a kind of Goldilocks morning, what with Mama Bear and Baby Bear taking turns with which bed (of grass, in the back yard anyway) was the most comfortable last night. Fortunately Papa Bear was not around. I have heard that dogs read the "news" with their noses, and...