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Dec 20 It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like…
“There are always those perfect times with the people we love, those moments of joy and equality that sustain us later on...These moments are the foundation upon which we build the house that will shelter us into our final years, so that when love calls out, "How far...
Crosswalk-gate in Haines
Haines is in the midst of an arts revival. I mean, we've always had a lot of artists, but thanks to Carol Tuynman and the Arts Confluence and the Art Place America grant, there's a surge of public art, with much if it appearing in a kind of contagious way now, and not...
Sunday’s Thought
" 'I'll pray for you', one person says to another as they part. I will join myself to you when I sit in the presence of God. I will intend your good in the stillness of my soul. I will long for your joy as I long for my own."- Bishop Edmond Lee Browning on prayer for...
Anger is Poison
So, I want to do better spiritually. I want to be more mindful, and live in the present, rather than be blown every which way by ill winds and worries about disasters in national, state, and local news, which all have me a little edgy, and to be honest, a tad...
What’s Going On?
The strawberries are out of control, although that's hardly a problem. The school board meets tonight at 6:00 to hold a retention hearing, and that is always hard. Also, the borough assembly meets tonight at 6:30. If, like me, there is a lot going on in your summer...
Tempers and Teapots
I'm afraid I lost my temper in a meeting I thought was about food carts and trucks, and how to make them work for Haines while still supporting local eateries-- but it turned into a discussion about vendors selling-- or renting-- stuff out of trailers parked downtown,...
Sunday’s Thought
“Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.” ― Mark Twain (Happy anniversary to the guy I have been lucky enough to share my life with for 34...