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A Post Card From a Record Snowfall, Even for Alaska.
At least I've heard it's a record, and it sure feels like one. The sun came out yesterday, the north gales continue, and the highs are around 15. The pool opened again this morning, and a few of us were even there. Heavy snow is forecast for Monday. In the meantime we...
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...
Good News, a Cat, 3 Wise Things, A lot of Love and a big Loss.
Strange how a phone call can change your day/ Take you away/Away/From the feeling of being alone/Bless the telephone. - Lyrics from "Bless the Telephone" by Labi Siffre. Before I forget, I want to share with you some good news about government and US-Canada...
Sunday’s Thought from John O’Donohue
"When you give in to helplessness you collude with despair."- John O'Donohue I read from John O'Donohue's To Bless the Space Between Us daily. It's in a stack of prayer, poetry and essay books in the window seat where I begin my day with coffee and wise, comforting...
Dear Valentine, With Love
“Sometimes love looks like small things” -Tracy K. Smith “If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong.” St. Paul (1 Corinthians 13:1-13 NRSV.) Kindness is the greatest endangered thing. And here you are, existing, your...