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Dec 18 Update: Bravo Glacier Bears
It's dark, and early-- I hoped to swim at six, but the pool was unexpectedly closed. My sister was waiting too, and said, "Well, it will make us appreciate it more next time." (Optimism runs in the family.) And I have extra time before the day's duties begin, so I...
The Eyes of God
Lani Hotch from Klukwan, says that an elder once told her that that the ovoids you see in all Tlingit art are the eyes of God, or "the ever present spirit". Here's the big question-- which came first, the spirit or the art? Or are they perhaps the same? As Anne...
Different Look, But Still the Same Place
As you can see, we have been updating the site, doing a little spring cleaning, and making it mobile-friendly. It looks different, and I'm figuring out how to use it, and may tweak it a bit more, but what's here is still pretty much the same. I hope you like it. (I...
Congratulations Nori On Your Book!
That's right, Haines own Nori Nash (well, her parents and siblings still live here, and she is a Haines High grad.. I think that counts) otherwise known as Avon romance author Lenora Bell, has just published How the Duke was Won, a real bodice ripper, to great...
A Good Day to Be Here
This morning it was 37 when we got on our bikes to ride out the road, but it was so beautiful-- all sunshine and blue and green- the rain of the last few days has made the whole world leafy, and it smells like new cut grass, wood smoke, and at the hooligan pits at 4...
Ray Menaker’s Eulogy
Gershon introduced me as Haines' Eulogist Laureate at Ray's memorial, and I actually kind of like the title. That Ray Menaker and John Schnabel died within a few months of each other, and that they were sort of the Yin and Yang of modern Haines, and that they spent...
Sunday’s Thought
"Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough."- Garrison Keillor "One sweet thing about being a Catholic is that you can politely ask for forgiveness, and be granted forgiveness...but the crucial part of the sacrament that we don't...