Blog
In the Midst of Life
I was cleaning up the house and folding laundry I'd tossed on the bed in Papa Bob's room because some of the grandchildren were coming over (it is spring break)-- when the phone rang and my friend Don asked for the measurements of the cardboard mailer Dad's ashes were...
April Woman’s Day Sings
The April 17 issue of Woman's Day includes my column "Sing as One" about the Haines A Cappella Women's Choir. One song I mention, Emily Dickinson's poem "Hope" set to an Irish melody by our director, Nancy Nash, has generated a lot of mail. Readers want to know more...
Some News About Grief
I have been helping a little ( a very little, Beth does it all, I think) with the Hospice of Haines newsletter, and reviewed an article in the January 24th Time magazine by Ruth Davis Konigsberg whose new book The Truth About Grief (Simon & Schuster, 2011) debunks...
Keep Your Chin Up
I don't think you could have fit another person in the school last night for the Haines People for Peace Japan disaster relief fundraiser - billed as a modest Japanese dinner with immodest desserts- (available through an auction). The meal, a traditional chicken and...
Next Winter’s Firewood Arrives
Yesterday next winter's firewood arrived. Like the photo essay on waiting for coffee, here is another celebrating shopping locally, and why it's important. I'll try to do these sort of regularly. The easiest way for each of us to keep Haines "ecosystem" healthy and...
A Not so Quiet Week
Well, the Merchants lost, 101-84 against Angoon, but Tyler Healy, Andrew Friske and Jesse McGraw made the all-tourney team and just playing in the championship game at Gold Medal is a big deal. Also, I talked to Ralph last night and a memorial service for Ellen...