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Advent Thought (s) Dec. 15 Joy, joy, joy!
“This is my true religion: arbitrary moments of nearly painful happiness for a life I feel privileged to lead.” – Elizabeth Berg in her novel, The Art of Mending After the Holly Jolly Follies, as I braced myself out on the porch of the Chilkat Center for the walk up...
Sunday Nov. 19 Tenakee and Juneau
Winter solitude— In a world of one color The sound of wind.-- Basho Tenakee Springs, about 11 am, 30 degrees, east wind, cloudy with flurries. A big snowstorm is coming our way. There was ice on the puddles and frost on all the decks this morning, including the float...
Nov 18 Tenakee Springs
If we could communicate with animals, ask them questions and receive answers—no matter how simple those questions and answers turn out to be—the world might soon be moved enough to at least start halting our runaway destruction of life.—Roger Payne Saturday, Tenakee...
Nov. 17 Tenakee Inlet Fog
That was what counted…those unexpected moments of appreciation, unanticipated glimpses of beauty and kindness--- any of the things that attached us to this world and made us forget , even for a moment, its pain and its transience.– Isabel Dalhousie ( Alexander McCall...
Nov 16 Tenakee Inlet
We are awfully lucky to be here, and by "we" I mean every living thing.- Bill Bryson 8:10 am, east side of Tenakee Springs, cloudy, light westerly, low tide. 38 degrees. It is weird to walk without a dog, but nice to be out early in a sleepy little (very little) rural...
Nov 15 on the Ferry
Searching is half the fun. Life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party. - Jimmy Buffet About 8am, 30 degrees, cloudy and a little breezy. Leaving Juneau on the M/V LeConte. I have no idea what the tide is doing or...
Nov. 14 First Snow on the Chilkat
The proper response to the world is applause.- Ralph Waldo Emerson 9 am, 30 degrees, light dusting of snow, light north wind, light clouds-- low tide. The weather is light, the snow is light, and my heart is floating. I love the first snow. This is why I live here,...