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Here is Merry’s obituary, written in Chilkat Valley News style, though not published there, as editor Tom Morphet does not document dog deaths, unless they are news. Merry was never in the news. She led a private life, centered on her home and family. She did not...

First, my dog Merry did die, yesterday afternoon, peacefully, with Forte (and me) by her side. A full obituary will run tomorrow. If you want some light reading, here's my latest Alaska Dispatch column. Also, I did watch Gold Rush Alaska Friday, and will write up that...

We have been saying goodbye to a gentle old dog. Merry is, we guess, 16. She's lived with us about fourteen years, but was a full grown abandoned stray when we adopted her (or she us?) one Christmas Eve. The other trouble is that Merry isn't the sick one, her pal...

Since we are celebrating Caroline's first birthday today (it was yesterday, but her dad was in Sitka with the basketball team he coaches) I thought I'd share a birthday prayer from the Book of Common Prayer-- Watch over thy child, O Lord, as her days increase; bless...

For those of you who aren't facebookers, here's a link to my latest Woman's Day column. It is in the Valentine's issue. 

 I know, that’s kind of a mouthful, and after the tragedy in Tucson and the President's eulogies at the memorial, topical. But by coincidence, this was the subject of the fourth Community Matters forum last night at the library. We spent the evening learning (or...