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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...
The News From Lower Mud Bay Road?
The news from here on lower Mud Bay Road is a strange mix of local and universal, as the nature of care giving allows more time to click and view online, as well as time to watch the World Cup and the Tour de France, and listen to the radio and text with family and...
Sunday’s Thought
"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness and the word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness." - C.Jung
Rain on the 4th Update: Ripinsky Race Postponed
The Ripinsky Race organizers, Paul Swift and Annie Boyce, have called the race due to potential heavy rain tomorrow and today's rain on the trail. Paul is also the area weather guy and he checked with Juneau forecasters who say a "huge" system is "marauding about...
Recovery Room Postcard
After the first family knee surgery I lobbied for a downstairs bedroom. Then we had the second knee surgery and I said for sure, then I got hurt and spent months in a hospital bed in the living room, and swore the first thing I would do when I got better was add a...
An Interview with Chip
I figured I’d interview Chip, so he could say for himself what happened last Saturday in the Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay. He’s a man of few words. H: First, how are you? C: Great. Back home. What’s not to be happy about? H: What happened? C:I...
Good Morning July.
It was so great to walk Pearl and my daughter Eliza's dog Annie on the beach this morning, and to see old friends and hear all the well wishes. Chip spent three hours at work in his office at the lumberyard and is now sorting the mail and watching the World Cup match....