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Nov. 8 Weds. Morning on the Chilkat
Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?- Jonathan Safron Foer When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive. - Marcus Aurelius It's another morning and we are out in it. Trixie loves the gusts that manage to...
Peace Like a Walk on the River
This morning at 6:30 after my three choir boys said goodbye, Jerusa, Godfrey and Trevor joined the rest of the African Children's Choir on the sidewalk in front of the Presbyterian Church and sang an a cappella benediction in what sounded, in that dusky dawn hour in...
Choir Boys as Sweet as, well, Choir Boys!
I am hanging out with the stars of the show tonight at the Chilkat Center. I am used to hosting entertainers, and catering to the needs of singers. Bluesman John Hammond liked fresh, yellow, un-blemished bananas (not always a sure thing in Haines) and Silver Oak...
Sunday’s Thoughts
Here's how life changes for 12-15 years in one choice. (For the better, I mean) : I walk Pearl on the beach, meet my friend Beth and her dog Lucy, and they have already picked up John walking his dog Buddy, and John says he and his wife Meg are tired, since they have...
A Haines Boat Harbor Postcard
What’s Happening This Week?
Chip asks me that every Monday-- This week things will gradually return to normal some more. He is weight bearing to 20 percent on the right leg, riding an exercise bike a little bit (ten-fifteen minutes a day) and doing some limited leg lifts. This morning he did...
Sunday’s Thought
In the 1850s, a long time before Facebook, Twitter, email, NYTimes.com and CNN, Henry David Thoreau was worried about how often his neighbors checked their mail and read the newspaper (once a week should suffice, he said) because, he wrote, "I believe the mind can be...