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Sunday Nov. 19 Tenakee and Juneau
Winter solitude— In a world of one color The sound of wind.-- Basho Tenakee Springs, about 11 am, 30 degrees, east wind, cloudy with flurries. A big snowstorm is coming our way. There was ice on the puddles and frost on all the decks this morning, including the float...
Happy Thursday
In the mornings these days Chip does his physical therapy and rides a stationary bike and I head out to the pool. (The early bird swim is 6-7:45 MWF.) "It's social," I tell him, and hope that's true, never mind that with goggles and a cap on and with all of us with...
It’s Good You Are Here
On Saturday the women's choir sang "Precious Memories" and "How Great Thou Art" at the graveside funeral for Rowena Jones. Her daughter, Stacie Turner, asked us to just before rehearsal Thursday so we had one practice with the songs. (We knew the old hymn, but the...
The News From the Dog Walk
First of all, it was a beautiful morning, the kind that even if you live here takes a minute to sink in. The kind you might not believe exists without a photo-- that still doesn't do it justice. Then, as often happens when we walk our dogs my friend and I get to...
Sunday’s Thought- From Sara Loewen’s book “Gaining Daylight”
"My grandmother used to instruct my mom ' Make sure you remember this. Close your eyes and save this moment so you can always come back to it.' " - Sara Loewen
Home Again Dancing a Jig
Actually, I'm more of a jogger than a jigger, but you know what I mean. While I was away I missed a great wedding-- Joanne and Phyllis got married on the Port Chilkoot Dock-- and my friend Larry celebrated his 65th birthday. (Impossible!) And I didn't get to write...
Sweet Baby James Birthday Postcard
Well, we are all over the moon with little James Louis Lende Dorn -- all 7lbs. 12oz., 21 " of him---and especially all that red hair! I hadn't notice that before I left them to get some sleep Wednesday morning. It had been a long eventful night at the hospital, and he...