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Dec. 14 Update: The Team is in Anchorage.
The seven Haines wrestlers made it to Anchorage for the state tourney this evening on Alaska Airline's "milk run"-- Juneau, Sitka, Yakutat, Anchorage-- Some of the parents are there, too. (Well, at least one who confirmed this for me.) I thought you'd like to know. (...
Sometimes
"Sometimes things don't go, after all, from bad to worse." That's a line from a poem by Sheenagh Pugh ( I think that's how to spell her name.) It's been rolling around in my head this morning with so much good news. The Macowiaks survived a plane crash in Lynn Canal....
That Old Wintry Feeling
The first snow showed up in flurries yesterday. But it's here more for real this morning, dusting the deck chairs and beach, the last pansies in the pot, and the windshield when I came out of Morning Muscles. I hope the driving from Haines to Homer-- all 1000-plus...
Sunday’s Thought
"You will improve with practice, but practice will never make you perfect. Why should it? What fun would that be?"- Stephen King in his memoir On Writing
Tricks and Treats
It's going to be a nice night to Trick or Treat for children and for their parents to get crazy and dance around the bonfires or walk from the Pioneer to the Fogcutter bars in costume. Also, we get an extra hour of sleep tomorrow so that's nice, sort of. (Chip just...
Be Ye Kind
A poster with "Be Ye Kind" and a picture of a soft eyed bunny was taped by the door to Mrs. Edwards' primary school classroom when my youngest daughter attended school. (She's going to be 25 soon.) It's funny, but of all the things that must have happened that...
Monday Morning Moon Shines
It was funny at the pool this morning as all everyone was talking about was the moon last night, and three different people noted that they thought the motion sensor lights had turned on in the yard from a moose or bear before they realized it was a natural night...