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Dec. 8 Fresh Air and Cozy Sweaters
"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor." - Thich Nhat Hang Dec. 8, 2:30pm, Chilkat River Beach. Windy! 35 degrees. Rain, flurries, then rolling clouds. The weather this morning was so bad it was astonishing. Amazing. Epic....
Sunday’s Thought
"You will improve with practice, but practice will never make you perfect. Why should it? What fun would that be?"- Stephen King in his memoir On Writing
Tricks and Treats
It's going to be a nice night to Trick or Treat for children and for their parents to get crazy and dance around the bonfires or walk from the Pioneer to the Fogcutter bars in costume. Also, we get an extra hour of sleep tomorrow so that's nice, sort of. (Chip just...
Be Ye Kind
A poster with "Be Ye Kind" and a picture of a soft eyed bunny was taped by the door to Mrs. Edwards' primary school classroom when my youngest daughter attended school. (She's going to be 25 soon.) It's funny, but of all the things that must have happened that...
Monday Morning Moon Shines
It was funny at the pool this morning as all everyone was talking about was the moon last night, and three different people noted that they thought the motion sensor lights had turned on in the yard from a moose or bear before they realized it was a natural night...
Bad Things Come in Threes? So No More Bike Accidents?
I know, what are the odds that I would be on a third medevac flight for a bike accident? This time it was to Anchorage's Providence Hospital rather than Harborview in Seattle, and it wasn't family, rather a friend who is like family. My neighbor Linnus the art teacher...
A Little News
Last week's election now has results. Tresham took 19 of the absentee and question ballots last night and Jerry had 7. (They had been tied 411-411 before the count.) So Tresham is the new assembly member. Congratulations! Also, the assembly voted to reconsider the...