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Sunday Nov. 12 on the Chilkat- Blue Sky!
Best preacher that ever was, dear star, that just happens to be where you are in the universe to keep us from ever-darkness, to ease warm touching, to hold us in the great hands of light-- good morning, good morning, good morning-- Mary Oliver We all have helpers in...
A Sweet Little Treat
"Everyday I see something that more or less kills me with delight."-- Mary Oliver
Little and Big Passages
My very pregnant daughter Eliza (she's due Oct. 9) and her dog Annie are on the ferry steaming up from Juneau for Melina and Tim's wedding, and so is friend Mario from Seattle-- the sheets are changed and rooms straightened out. I set up a guy named Tony and his...
Happy Tuesday
It's a lovely morning at Portage Cove, isn't it? And time to get organized following the Fair break, when we all abandoned everything to party and socialize and volunteer and eat and play and just have a nice social, community time for four days. There's another...
Sunday’s Thought (and a SE Alaska State Fair postcard)
"Everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings. All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand years and yet you’d be surprised how people are always losing hold of it." - From...
Good Day Sunshine
I like to walk and when the sun is out I have something good I can talk about... I know, terrible pun, and actually, I don't have much to say as I have a to-do list a mile long (although not as long as yours I'm sure. Everyone is crazy busy here with the Fair , fish,...
Fair Tidings
Everyone, it seems would be much happier with two things-- time and sunshine. A 36 hour day would be a lot more productive than a 24 hour one, and then there would time for summer-- and for tour guides to dry out and fishermen to sleep and gardeners to garden and us...