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Farewell Old Grill
When I got home from Tenakee, I craved fresh greens and salmon - of course there are plenty of both there, but I was isolated in a cabin with Covid and canned pantry peaches and peanut butter sandwiches for a week. Chip is a great griller, so he cooks the fish in our...
It Takes Two or Three to Tango…
A winter weather advisory is sometimes a good thing-- as today it seems, it's wise to heed it. The wind nearly turned us back on our morning dog walk, but we made it, ducking into the brush where we could, for some relief, and all covered completely except for one...
A Few Things You May Want to Know About This Week
Days like today I think I may never do my job again. I spent the lovely moonset of a morning with a family whose 26 year-old son was found dead following an extensive search last week. I listened to good stories about happier times around their comfortable kitchen...
Sunday’s Thought
Look, I want to love this world as though it's the last chance I'm ever going to get to be alive and know it. --Mary Oliver, from her poem October
Happy Birthday Breakfast for Stoli Postcard
A Little “Hope” Helps
The windy wet weather has been blown back to sea by a strong northerly delivering blue skies and promising single digits. That's how it is, gray skies clear. The sun sets and it rises. While the weather has been mild, it has been anything but a gentle week. My 90...
Thank Haines Community Leaders. (UPDATE)
This morning I said "thank you" right out loud, for this beach, this place, this day, this town-- and especially the for the Planning Commission and its chair Rob Goldberg who crafted the non-motorized ordinance for the Chilkat Beach at the residents' request, Mayor...