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Dec 7 : Let There be Light
A Poem from Mary Oliver called "Praying": "It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway...
Sunday’s Thought
"When all thy mercies, O my God, my rising soul surveys, transported with the view, I'm lost in wonder,love, and praise." -- Joseph Addison ( Words to Hymn 415 in the Episcopal Hymnal)
The Water is Fine
It's been a big week. After re-testing, the town water turns out fine and perhaps always was. No one got sick and no babies or old people died. (I read too much about E.Coli outbreaks this week, as you can see.) I also said yes when Nelle called to ask if I'd help...
An Anniversary to Remember & Haines’ “Cookie Water”
Boy is it windy-- gusting to 55 knots at the Eldred Rock lighthouse. It was work walking Pearl into the wind this morning. But we friends and dogs walked with light hearts from just living in these historical times-- what news-- gay marriage is legal in all 50 states....
There’s a Boil Order in Town
Yesterday late afternoon the Borough announced that a routine test of the town water system found E.coli, and told users to boil water for cooking and drinking (and I would add bathing babies), for two minutes. I think the test was taken Monday, and the results came...
Bike Race Postcard
My mother used to say that my quiet husband (especially around his in-laws) didn't say much, but what he said was "pithy." I thought about that when on Sunday morning Chip looked at the Fort Seward Parade Grounds, where the night before hundreds of cyclists had...
Sunday’s Thought
A year ago on Father's Day, the day after the annual Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay, we were at Harborview trauma center in Seattle and a team of doctors were figuring out how to put Chip's pelvis, ribs, and lung back together after a horrible crash in...