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Paper Chains and Snowflakes
Today we made paper chains for the tree and snowflakes for the windows. Life may creep along hour to hour, day to day-- but mostly it's made up of those crystal clear scenes -- some hard-- some happy -- the ones that move our hearts. That make us who we are. An entire...
It’s the 20th Anniversary of the Bike Race? Time Flies.
I am surprised that the whole bike race thing is still so emotional for me. I am more than a little scattered this morning and I have a lot to do before we leave this afternoon. It has been seven years since I was run over while training for the annual Kluane to...
Puppy Dreams
The cold windy weather is perfect for sleeping in, especially when we are taking a few days off from the early morning cycles to rest for Saturday's relay. Well, there is nothing like a puppy to change plans. A nine week old Springer spaniel. He is a gift for a...
Windy Wednesday
I was feeling pretty good about the messy draft of my new book until I went to the bookstore yesterday and saw that Anna Quindlen had already written the final draft. Actually, we are pretty different, but I am a huge fan. I'll buckle down again, as soon as I babysit...
Going to Tok or Nearby and Want Some Company?
How could I not put the two French girls, Amelie and Marion, up for a few nights when they had me sign a hard cover of If You Lived Here, which they carried in a back pack all the way from the mid-west and came to Haines because of it? They have hitchhiked from Rio...
Sunday’s Thought from Desmond Tutu
" In our best moments, deep inside us, we know that goodness and righteousness and courage are admirable attributes that we crave." - Archbishop Desmund Tutu
Betty Found me but I Didn’t Find Anne Lamott
It was a two cruise ship week, and on the morning of the first ship Nelle called just as I was having my second cup of coffee and said there was a nice older lady and her two daughters on a tour right now, headed up to Fred's shop with Barb (who was wearing a pink...