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Jan 2 Snow and Screens
“No matter what it is, if you don’t move your eyes and set the pace yourself, your intellect is sentenced to death. The mind, you see, is like a muscle. For it to remain agile and strong, it must work. Television rules that out.” ― Mark Helprin (Winter's Tale) Being...
Sunday’s Thought
"How necessary it is to cultivate a spirit of joy. It is a psychological truth that the physical acts of reverence and devotion make one feel devout. The courteous gesture increases one's respect for others. To act lovingly is to begin to feel loving, and certainly to...
Grace and Timing
When I wrote my first book I was run over by a truck. Literally. So I'm used to how the universe encourages humility and emphasizes what really matters. While my daughter was in labor last Friday, one of the many calls to my cell phone was a number I didn't recognize....
Home Again Dancing the Meeting Jig
My friend Teresa came by to meet little Miss Molly before we both left for home in Haines on the ferry yesterday. Teresa wedged about a dozen totes and coolers on the only baggage cart (what was the ferry thinking?) that were mostly full of her husband Larry's dead...
Sunday’s Thought
"Give us grateful hearts, our Father, for all thy mercies, and make us mindful of the needs of others; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." -- from the Book of Common Prayer
Welcome Molly Frances!
Little Molly Frances is here! ( All 6. lbs.15 oz and 19 inches... and what about her hair? Well, It has a reddish tinge.. so time will tell.) Mother and baby are well. The rest of us are too.Having a December baby makes singing "Joy to the World" that much better. The...
Merry and Bright
Eliza has been very busy while we wait. Knitting. Baking. Making origami ornaments. James has even been painting, and his mother has made a nice holiday display of his art work. (Clearly a gifted child!) Me? I mostly make messes and take pictures. I like playing...