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Nov 16 Tenakee Inlet
We are awfully lucky to be here, and by "we" I mean every living thing.- Bill Bryson 8:10 am, east side of Tenakee Springs, cloudy, light westerly, low tide. 38 degrees. It is weird to walk without a dog, but nice to be out early in a sleepy little (very little) rural...
The Zen of Moose
Haines moose hunting is 90% watching, waiting, luck and thinking about stuff you don't usually have time for-- and 10% everything else, like the shooting part-- so you don't have to worry about wearing orange when you walk in the woods. Hunters here do not shoot at...
Sunday’s Thought from Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"When we start at the center of ourselves, we discover something worthwhile extending toward the periphery of the circle. We find again some joy in the now, some peace in the here, some love in the me and thee which go to make up the kingdom of heaven on earth."--...
What’s Happening Besides Moose Hunting?
I had a note yesterday from our neighborhood basketball star, former UAA standout Kyle Fossman, who asked if there was anything happening in Haines besides the annual moose hunt (it opened yesterday and will last about three weeks), then he said he has just signed...
Back to Moose Hunting like Normal
I keep catching myself saying, "I just want my normal life back." Then, I imagine that I can wake up and workout, have a nice breakfast with Chip, chat with you all a minute, then walk the dog, make my third and final cup of coffee for the day, get to re-writing that...
Sunday’s Thought from Anna Quindlen
"I could recite parts of the Baltimore Catechism in my sleep. Do I believe those words? I don't know. What I do believe are those guidelines that do not vary from faith to faith, that are as true of Judaism or Methodism as they are of Catholicism: that people should...
A Lot Going On in Haines. It Must be September.
It's Chip's 58th birthday today, and of course it's hard not to recall the day when his birthday became one of those benchmarks of history. It was sunny then, a beautiful morning, and we were getting to ride our bikes when he turned on the news and we saw the fire in...