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Dec 22 The Quiet Miracles
"Take time to seek the quiet miracles that seek no attention."- John O'Donohue The little pink boots in the mud room slayed me yesterday. It's probably all the sugar, and coffee, and crowds. I did not imagine, some 40 something years ago, when I got married that...
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...
Yikes. That was close!
I don't have a picture of the fire that almost took off and burned the beach and our houses down this morning-- because I was a little involved in putting it out instead. A campfire up by the trail to the road by the old Baha'i Center was left smoldering last night,...
Gratitude
Do you ever wake up feeling so grateful that everything actually turned out as planned, and that for a little while, all is right with the world? I have been a tad PTSD-ish for the last ten days or so in anticipation of the bike race- the Kluane to Chilkat...
Sunday’s Thought
"None of us is being treated fairly if we're not all being treated equally."-- Gloria Steinem But how do you make that happen, in both large and small ways? A good, doable place to begin is, as Gloria Steinem also told student's at my husband's and daughter's old...