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Thanksgiving
"Said the river: imagine everything you can imagine, then keep on going"-- Mary Oliver November 23, 10:15 am, 35 degrees, gusty south winds, cloudy, slush and sand. Beth and I squeezed in a walk even though we both said we didn't have time. Turkeys, tidying, pies,...
Ocala Bound
It's been a worrisome 48 hours here. Grandma Joanne, Chip's dear mother, and my London traveling companion (that's her in the airport getting fortified for the last flight we took together), has had a heart attack and is in the hospital in Florida. She's in great...
Walking and Talking Mines and Fish
The best thing, or one of the best things about December, is that I can walk with friends and dogs at dawn after a swim and breakfast. This morning we were full of chatter. Okay, I was, mostly. I had been nudged, by one of my walking friends who is a quiet, gentle...
It’s a Wonderful Town
I know I shouldn't boast, but I live in great town. Honestly-- watch this video of Haines and my husband (and several other good people doing good things for us with the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation) and you will see I'm right. And while I'm at it, will you...
Sunday’s Thought
"Never doubt every bit of kindness, every tender touch we lay upon another life can heal what might otherwise have died, certainly in them, perhaps even in ourselves." - Joan Chittister in The Rule of Benedict
Thanksgiving
Yesterday around noon, all five grandchildren were tumbling around the living room, or being held, as was the the case for baby James (Eliza was nursing him) and Silvia Rose, who had collapsed in sleep onto JJ's chest while she rocked her. The skating parents had just...
Talking Turkey
Eliza's family arrives on today's ferry at noon, and JJ and Bryan ferry up from Juneau first thing tomorrow. The turkey is in the brine and I did put some spruce boughs in the window box by the door. I have shopped. The beds are made. I keep counting chairs. How will...