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Nov 22 Home!
The truth is that it's just really hard for me to sleep without a dog in my bedroom.- Jimmy Stewart Haines, where the Chilkat River meets the sea in my backyard. 2:00 pm, 37 degrees, low tide. Snow and slush. High clouds and a south wind. It's been a long travel and...
Walking and Talking Mines and Fish
The best thing, or one of the best things about December, is that I can walk with friends and dogs at dawn after a swim and breakfast. This morning we were full of chatter. Okay, I was, mostly. I had been nudged, by one of my walking friends who is a quiet, gentle...
It’s a Wonderful Town
I know I shouldn't boast, but I live in great town. Honestly-- watch this video of Haines and my husband (and several other good people doing good things for us with the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation) and you will see I'm right. And while I'm at it, will you...
Sunday’s Thought
"Never doubt every bit of kindness, every tender touch we lay upon another life can heal what might otherwise have died, certainly in them, perhaps even in ourselves." - Joan Chittister in The Rule of Benedict
Thanksgiving
Yesterday around noon, all five grandchildren were tumbling around the living room, or being held, as was the the case for baby James (Eliza was nursing him) and Silvia Rose, who had collapsed in sleep onto JJ's chest while she rocked her. The skating parents had just...
Talking Turkey
Eliza's family arrives on today's ferry at noon, and JJ and Bryan ferry up from Juneau first thing tomorrow. The turkey is in the brine and I did put some spruce boughs in the window box by the door. I have shopped. The beds are made. I keep counting chairs. How will...
Irene set the Table with Gratitude
The power went out last night and I woke up when the low hum of the fridge stopped and the computer beeped, thinking I need to get it together for Thanksgiving, and started making mental lists: brine the turkey (at least it is thawed) make that new wild rice and...