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I Hope Little League Isn’t Rained Out
Little League is almost over, and my last umpire shift is tonight, since I’m off to Anchorage for an author event Friday at UAA and will miss the final game. Of course I read the news about shots fired at a field full of kids in the Lower 48. I am trying not to think...
Smoking Salmon Postcard
I can't figure out how summer gets so busy (in a good kind of way.) Is it really July already? Papa Bob is still here, and my daughter is up from Juneau, so we are riding bikes at the crack of dawn each day, after watching the Tour de France live at 5am, and then...
A Dog Party, Sort of.
Last night at dinner Papa Bob, his lady friend, and my son debated the thrills of bungee jumping versus sky diving. Has Papa Bob been bungee jumping too? He didn't tell me this. (He will be 79 in September.)Before I could ask, he said he hadn't, but he might like to....
Sunday’s Thought
From Look and See a poem by Mary Oliver: "Oh Lord, how shining and festive is your gift to us, if we only look, and see."
Checking in on a Busy Holiday Weekend
I probably shouldn't have breakfast this morning since I'll be eating Fireman Al's Texas barbecue for lunch with everyone else in town down at the firehall. It's the Haines Volunteer Fire Department's annual fundraiser. Before that there's the farmers market at the...
Radio Days
I spent yesterday afternoon at community radio station KHNS pitching for the annual fundraiser. The goal this year is 55,000 and we reached somewhere around 40,000 during the show (math is not my strength) and had a lot fun talking about the radio and the community...
Alaska Salmon Fishing Postcard
Here, we catch most of our fish with a net. Chip and I were up early Sunday and skipped church to catch five sockeye. It was slow, but a lovely morning to be out on the water, and we did get plenty of fish for dinner this week.