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A Time to Keep
Welcome Henry! Our tenth grandchild was born Saturday, and he, along with my daughter JJ, her husband Bryan and big sister Emilia are doing just grand. It's been a quiet time, this waiting, and wondering and all the little worries that come with childbirth-- and then...
Bird Watching
At Ron Horn's slide show at the library the other night he showed us beautiful photographs of birds and other wildlife. While the bears and moose where interesting, it's the bird pictures that captured me. When Ron showed a slide of a seagull and chick that made...
Return to Sender, Address Unknown
This morning I got an email that a royalty check had been returned to my publisher. It was addressed to me, at 936 Mud Bay Road, Haines, AK 99827. Right up front I'll admit that is not my legal address, as there is no home mail delivery in Haines, but I have been...
Enjoying the Passage of Time
For Debra's 59th birthday she said she wanted to eat hot dogs cooked over a fire on the beach. She didn't think a lot of other people would be too thrilled about sitting on a potentially cold and windy April beach, so planned to make it fairly loose. You know, "stop...
April Showers
It was something to look and see this when I woke up Monday morning, especially after such a sunny Sunday evening. But we all know that snow can fall in any month, and snow in April is common. The good news is that winter snow and spring snow have completely...
Sunday’s Thought
I was under the weather yesterday, but managed to rally briefly for Ellen's memorial service before returning to bed. While I was napping, my neighbor Betty dropped off an Easter book by Tasha Tudor, the Vermont author and illustrator (A Time to Keep.)...
The Woman’s Day Choir Column
At choir practice last night Nancy said the Woman's Day column on our choir was now on-line. So if you don't have a subscription, here it is. (I prefer to read paper magazines when I'm in the bathtub, myself.) I couldn't help noticing that the cooking editor likes...