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December 4th Sunday’s Thought
Last night when the puppy woke me at 1:50 to go out to pee and poop (why he poops more at night I do not know). I pulled on a coat and boots and walked him down the hard-packed snow path to the beach. There were stars, and a moon, and I could hear the ice moving in...
Sunday’s Thought ( for Baby Lani’s First Sabbath)
It was snowing some in Sitka by the sea on your first afternoon, and the lights were off up on the second floor hospital maternity ward, or as the sign says in Tlingit, the Place Where Babies are Born. We were groggy and awe filled from your 2:40 a.m. arrival and...
Welcome to the World Lani Stephanova Lynch
All 6lbs. 11 oz. and 19.5 inches of you, with that dark wavy hair and your mother's nose and father's eyes, at 2:40 am on March 1 in Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka, with Grandma Mimi assisting in the most helpful of ways. After speaking with Stoli Monday, I had a...
Sitka Bound
When I decided not to go to Florida with Chip this week to see Grandma Joanne and have a colonoscopy I figured Stoli's baby would arrive early, but then I volunteered to host the the church Lenten Supper Wednesday at our house, and that apparently did the trick....
Life Lessons from the HI-DE-HO’s
That my column in Woman's Day is called Life Lessons is a great irony of my life, since most of the time I am in need of receiving a few instructions on how to live well, rather than confident that I can dole them out. Which is not to say I don't admire people who can...
Seriously? Potluck Oscar Party Sleepover Anyone?
The National Weather Service in Juneau has issued a Winter Storm Warning (with all the usual threats to life and property, so dramatic) for heavy snow... which is in effect from 5 PM Sunday to 5 AM Monday.... 6 to 11 inches expected ... snow will develop this...
Sunday’s Thought from Jesus
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and...