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Advent Thought (s) Dec. 17 Ring the Bells
"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."-- Leonard Cohen from his song Anthem. Beth and I rang the bell for the Salvation Army’s Christmas donation kettle at Olerud's...
Dec. 1 Chilkat River Snow
"Now, the first of December was covered with snow So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston Though the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frostin' With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go..." James Taylor 10:45 am, December 1, Friday....
Cherishing the Chilkat on the last day of November
We love the way we live here. It's not an easy life, but it's a good life.- Lani Hotch It's simple for me. Because this is where I live. If you're not going to fight for that, what are you going to stand up for? - J.R. Churchill 8:40 am, snowing lightly, light...
Nov. 29 Light Again (And Such Shadows!)
All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.- Leo Tolstoy Weds. Nov 29, 9 am, 30 degrees, blue sky with thin clouds, low tide, light north wind. Frosty on the grass and uplands. Firm sand to walk on. Sunrise was at 8:27,...
Nov 28 Falling in Love With This Place Again
Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under...
Monday Nov. 27 Moon Shadows on the Chilkat
The moon was as bright as a reading light for a letter from an old friend back home- Michael Burton, Night Rider's Lament Nov. 27, Monday. 6:30 am, low tide, 35 degrees, southeast breeze, full moon. There is snow in the forecast. Before I headed to the pool I let the...
Sunday Nov. 26. A Pretty Good Day on the Chilkat
Only one response can maintain us: gratefulness for witnessing the wonder, for the gift of our unearned right to serve, to adore, and to fulfil. It is gratefulness that makes the soul great. - Abraham Joshua Heschel Noon, Sunday Nov 26. Very high tide (the full moon...