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Tenakee Dreaming
It is one of those things that I figure was meant to be. There was this shack with an orange For Sale by Owner sign that remained un-sold on each visit to Tenakee the last few years, and then there was an unexpected windfall, and before I knew it, I had a little place...
A Meeting about Drinking
This summer one boy (barely 21) was killed in a drunk driving wreck and another (18) was hurt when friends ran over him at a drinking party. It's weird, but I am revising a novel right now and in it a boy is run over and killed at a drinking party. But that's another...
Fairs and Bears
I know, I've been away. (And there was some trouble with the website as well, too many viewers, which is not a bad problem to have.) I even missed the Sunday's Thought page, which I hate to do, but I went up to Anchorage Friday to visit JJ and our friend Garrison...
A Change of Season Post Card
I have been hunkered down with my novel revisions this week. I love to say that, and it is actually true. They are due the week after Labor Day and I might just make the deadline if nobody else dies, so pray for good health and good choices in Haines and Klukwan. I'm...
The Importance of Feeling Earnest
After about a month in Alaska, a very eventful one at that, Grandma Joanne is back home in Virginia. After I put her on the plane to Washington D.C. I heard about the earthquake, which closed the airport there. Fortunately, Grandma Joanne flew right over the shaker...
Sunday’s Thought
God is Love; and Love enfolds us, all the world in one embrace: with unfailing grasp God holds us, every child of every race. From an Episcopal Hymn, God is Love Let Heaven's Adore Him
Thank You Sticky-Notes
My friend Nancy makes her own cards for birthdays, baby showers, thank yous - you name it, but she doesn't write in them. Instead she uses sticky-notes so that the card itself becomes a gift. The thing is, the sentiments on those sticky-notes are also a present....