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Dec. 14 Update: The Team is in Anchorage.
The seven Haines wrestlers made it to Anchorage for the state tourney this evening on Alaska Airline's "milk run"-- Juneau, Sitka, Yakutat, Anchorage-- Some of the parents are there, too. (Well, at least one who confirmed this for me.) I thought you'd like to know. (...
Blowin’ Like a Bandit
As Guy Clarke sings, "It's blowin' like a hurricane and your riggin' will not stand it." Yes, it is about as nasty as it gets out there. All that freezing cold and lovely snow dashed and whipped around by rainy gales. On the plus side (that's my job right, to find the...
Ain’t No Mouse Life
It was so warm in my bed and so cold outside that I almost stayed right there instead of heading out to Morning Muscles in the frigid dark ( 12 degrees, snow as hard as iron, and blowing northern gales) but I'm glad I did. I have never regretted a workout. There were...
Great Story on the Lynn Canal Plane Crash
Karen Garcia of the Chilkat Valley News wrote about the Mackowiak's crash and survival for last week's local paper and today's Alaska Dispatch News. It's a great read. (So much to be thankful for on so many levels...)
Winterlude
It's so beautiful with the snow and low, blue November light that I don't want to moan too much about the darkness. (It's really dark though, isn't it?) I suppose there is a lesson here-- the less of something you have the more you appreciate it? Garrison Keillor won...
Sunday’s Thought
"Eternal light, shine in my heart; eternal hope, lift up mine eyes; eternal power, be my support; eternal wisdom, make me wise." -- From Hymn 466 in the Episcopal Church hymnal.
Lights in the Darkness
My grandfather was French, and was made a member of the French Legion of Honor for his role in the French Resistance to the Nazis. His photo, in his WW II uniform, hangs above my stairs with other family pictures. I like to see his smile. Sometimes I kiss my...