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Lights in the Dark
"When we try to pick out anything by itself we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken- to everything in the universe." - John Muir I bought a new flashlight for my dinner date last night, since even though it was early—5:30, it...
Mary and Me
When I heard that Mary Oliver died my first thought was "Who will be that voice in my life now?" and the second was "Only 83?" We begin every writing day together: Me and a million other writers, I'm sure. I'm now so grateful Mary existed when she did and I found her...
Epiphanies
I went to Juneau for Epiphany ( Sunday January 5 we celebrate the arrival of the three wise men or Magi who followed the star to Bethlehem), and stayed on vacation for another week. On Epiphany at our church in Haines we have a little party with a cake, which has an...
Best Thing I’ve Overheard This Year
He noticed this woman at the salad bar and she was standing perfectly still and her face was blue and so he Heimliched her and it didn't work so he shook her upside down and out popped a green olive. The manager said their lunch was on him. I heard that this morning...
Comfort, Joy, and Wonder
I have been writing acrostic poems for the kids -- and they are a hit, except when I drop a letter from a name -- at least I only missed two and they were in middle names, but one was Lende and spelling that wrong caused a lot of laughter. It is easier to write these...
I Give my Heart to all of This
The sunrise and sunsets have been in sync with the flow and ebb of the tides this week. My days are bookended by dog walks, and they are suddenly, it seems, too close together. The morning walk is done about 10:30 and the evening walk begins around 2:30. It ends in...
It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas
It's finally snowing! It has been so rainy and inky dark that I missed my own driveway twice this week, and once, the turn off from Small Tracts to Mud Bay Road. (Luckily Greg has plenty of Christmas lights up so I turned around in his driveway.) The little kids...