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Happy Baby to Corpse Pose
It's been a week since the kids who don't live here left, and since the house became noticeably quieter, though I actually think it is less clean. I am not in such a hurry to wipe and sweep and tidy up between living room and kitchen cyclones. There...
A Better Bombshell Launch
The weather has been good for writing, and I'm worried that this early thaw cycle may mean winter won't last long enough to finish a pretty good third draft of my new book, Finding the Good, so I'm kind of holed up at my desk in my pajamas surrounded by coffee cups,...
Astonishing Grace
Poet Mary Oliver says that what we must do with this wild and precious life we are given is simple: pay attention, be astonished, and tell about it. I am prepared to be astonished. I honestly am. It is the way I want to walk in this world. It's a lot more fun than...
Correction and a Reminder
The Arts Council's Northern Lights Showcase of local talent is tonight at 7:00 in the Chilkat Center lobby, not 6:00 as I previously noted- and as may be still floating around out there in other sources. 7, not 6. (Unless you want to set up chairs with us.) See you...
Sunday’s Thought
"We humans expect spiritual transformation to be instant. God does not have a magic wand. It's a long slow process to become all that God has intended us to become." Rev. Janice Hotze (Vicar, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Mission in Haines, AK.)
Saturday Slide Show (a week in pictures.)
A Few Things to Know for Now
Well, February is coming in like a Glacier Bear. Tonight at 7:00 the Debate, Drama and Forensics team host their always entertaining and filling dessert auction fundraiser for travel to the state championship. At 6:00 the women's choir meets to practice the Star...