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Dec. 6 Haines: It’s a Wet (& Dry) World
From NPR this morning, about Norman Lear’s belief that there are two types of humans, wet and dry: "Dry people were calm, cool, unruffled. Wet people were emotional, and impulsive, and things get to them." December 6, weds. On the Chilkat. 10 am, 42 degrees,...
Crazy Solstice Busy Days
Well, this a first-- my walking pal and I were too busy this morning to meet at the same time and walk the dogs together-- she had to make breakfast in two shifts for her house guests, Chip and I had to fix the lawn mower and make granola so I could cut the jungle...
Joe’s Pretty Good Meeting
I went to Pizza Joe Parnell's harbor expansion informational meeting last night. (He took it on himself as a concerned citizen to hold a town hall style meeting that the Borough powers felt was not needed. Also, Joe was the assistant harbor master before being...
Dam Ship News
Two huge Holland America Line ships, with about 3,000 people on each, alternate weekly Wednesday dockings here until October, the Oosterdam and the Zaandam. (In Haines where we are challenged by Dutch names apparently, and have a sense of humor, they are called “The...
Community Vows
John and Denise exchanged wedding vows in John's pole barn -- (You should have seen it a few days ago-- his twin brother said.-- He had about four vehicles in here, boats, tools, supplies--) John is a plumber, and a builder (he plastered my new bedroom wall), a...
Sunday’s Thought
"The world is full of happiness, and plenty to go round, if only you are willing to take the kind that comes your way."-- Jean Webster
It’s Friday.. I must be in Haines.
On the cruise ship the other day, after I went through the Haines Borough harbor security check, and handed the ship security man my passport which he locked in a cupboard and exchanged for a guest pass, and was greeted by my host John, who gave me a tour of the...