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Tip Toe Through the Snow Berms…
This weather has me singing "What a difference a day makes, twenty-four little hours..." Wednesday: Thursday around noon: And a little later the same day, more storm clouds rolled in: Today this is that view. We woke to shin deep snow and it's still snowing on and...
The Woman Who Was Pregnant Forever
Sarah says she will be the first woman who is pregnant forever, and that we all should get used it. So today, instead of talking a gentle walk in the snow and sipping raspberry leaf tea, we have decided to spend the day snowboarding at Eaglecrest. Sarah says she can...
How to Have A Baby (No, We Haven’t Had Her Yet)
So far, here is the advice my daughter has received about how to have that baby: drink raspberry leaf tea and have sex, gently. (No comment, I'm trying to be a very good mother-in-law.) Long walks, sitting and doing nothing, driving on a bumpy road, climbing stairs,...
We Didn’t Need a Towel
No baby yet. The movie was wonderful, emotional, and just right. Except we didn't need the towel. All is calm, all is dark.
Walking in the Rain
Sarah and I walked the dog in the rain this afternoon out on the tidal flats by the Juneau airport. She is not moving like someone about to give birth. We went to Costco afterwards and no one looked at her and said, "whoa, don't have that baby here." We did see four...
How to Write a Book
Hertz called this morning as I was running around finishing an obituary and packing for Juneau. I have to be at the ferry at 11am, and then will join Sarah and Brian to wait for the baby. She is due today.(!) So, as I am rushing around Hertz called. I said "what can...
Hungry in Haines
While you are beginning the week with resolutions to eat less and exercise more, 35 families in the Chilkat Valley are hungry enough to ask for help meeting their needs. 35 families depend on the local food bank for meals. According to Georgia Giacobbe, a local food...