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Dec. 28 What’s in a Name?
"Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself." - Alan Alda "Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, 'Why me?' Then a voice answers,'Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.' "- Charlie Brown Chip spent the night on the window seat in a...
Sunday’s Thought
"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by...
Bingo is Not Her Game-O
Yesterday I did my weekly cruise ship book talk. Afterwards, while I was signing copies of Find The Good (Holland America Line buys my books from The Babbling Book store on Main St., and re-sells them on the ship, something we worked out before I agreed to go...
Crosswalk-gate in Haines
Haines is in the midst of an arts revival. I mean, we've always had a lot of artists, but thanks to Carol Tuynman and the Arts Confluence and the Art Place America grant, there's a surge of public art, with much if it appearing in a kind of contagious way now, and not...
Sunday’s Thought
" 'I'll pray for you', one person says to another as they part. I will join myself to you when I sit in the presence of God. I will intend your good in the stillness of my soul. I will long for your joy as I long for my own."- Bishop Edmond Lee Browning on prayer for...
Anger is Poison
So, I want to do better spiritually. I want to be more mindful, and live in the present, rather than be blown every which way by ill winds and worries about disasters in national, state, and local news, which all have me a little edgy, and to be honest, a tad...
What’s Going On?
The strawberries are out of control, although that's hardly a problem. The school board meets tonight at 6:00 to hold a retention hearing, and that is always hard. Also, the borough assembly meets tonight at 6:30. If, like me, there is a lot going on in your summer...