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Nov 7 Small Craft Warning on the Chilkat
Lordy mercy, land of goshen, shades of gray out on the ocean, don't you dare take that boat out to sea. Old friends, they shine like diamonds. Old Friends, you can always call. Old Friends, Lord, you can't buy 'em -Guy Clark from his songs "Blowin' Like a Bandit " and...
Rain at this Wedding is a Blessing
They say rain at a wedding is good luck, and there is something about rain that makes a wedding more memorable. Everyone knows that the sunny skies that follow June storms are that much more appreciated because of the weeping clouds that preceded them. Thank goodness...
Sunday’s Thought
One way to make sure your children grow up to be kind and productive people is to have had a kind and productive father, and then marry a man who is as kind and productive as he was. If that is not the case, then marry up-- not for wealth or status or good looks-- but...
Lucky Friday the 13th
Yesterday I forgot to mention the tower next to the Guardhouse! I don’t know how I could forget that. Joanne and Phyllis (and the crew) have done a great job. It is Haines own mini- Washington monument. Maybe a Seward monument. (I really liked Lincoln’s secretary of...
So Much to Celebrate
Wayne Price is having a really big week. Two traditional Tlingit canoes that he supervised the construction of have successfully paddled to Celebration, the annual gathering of Southeast Natives in Juneau. That's no easy coast down the 90 mile Lynn Canal, North...
I’m Playing Hooky Today
I'm riding my bike today with a friend on one last long ride before the Kluane to Chilkat on the 21st. I find rest is good for me, and that I tend to overdo things-- so today-- 10 days out, is a good one for a five hour ride. Plus it is cool, not too windy, and...
Sunday’s Thought
"I don't care how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. It's enough to know that for some people they exist, and that they dance." -- Poet Mary Oliver