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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Alaska
“Advisory: Heavy drifted snow has made multiple roads impassable. Vehicles are getting stuck. Crews are clearing roads. Travel not advised.” - The Haines Borough Police Department There's that, and pretty much everything is closed. Since no one should be out, the...
Brace Yourself
“What is the idea that something exists, even if you can’t see it, if not the very definition of faith?” - Sloane Crosley in "Grief is for People". (A wise, funny and moving memoir of grieving for her friend who died by suicide. You should read it.) April 11. Chilkat...
Another Heather You Should Read
A quick note from my desk to yours about historian Heather Cox Richardson and her daily "Letters from an American" posts. I subscribe and read it religiously. She is wise, writes well and is calm and brave. There are footnotes too, so you can check her sources....
Today Is Your Day
"Based on the evidence, why was I given this day?"- John O'Donohue That is from John O'Donohue's book of blessings, To Bless the Space Between Us. I think about it every morning. I wonder why I am here. What can I do? He spends a lot of time in the book discussing...
Stayin’ Alive
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. ― Fred Rogers I read the news and...
Love in the time of Spiders
"We are living in a time when laughter is rare. That is all the more reason to look for it. The things that make you smile, the things that lift your spirit: seek them and share them as widely as you can." - Steven Charleston, retired Episcopal bishop of Alaska Yes,...
Kind of Lazy…
That's what I texted my friend when she said she bet it was busy here. Ivy is still sleeping, Chip is walking the dogs. The cat has come down and gone back upstairs. JJ is reading to the kids and they have finished a big box of Costco strawberries from Juneau ( we all...