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Sunday’s Poem
Here is a poem by Aurora Levins Morales called Summons. This was shared with me today by my neighbor Aaron Davidman and now I share it with you, from a grandmother's heart-- Also, Aaron wrote and starred in the film Wrestling Jerusalem that I highly recommend...
Sunday’s Thought
“Blessed is the spot, and the house, and the place, and the city, and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea, and the island, and the meadow where mention of God hath been made and His praise glorified.”...
Happy Thursday
My daughter Sarah had to take a picture of the low tide view out the back door last night, but I liked the inside scenery even more. In real news-- The Choose Respect walk for domestic violence awareness and prevention is today at 11:30 on Main Street, the...
A Close Call. (Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire.)
The volunteer fire department doused a boiling brush fire down at the south end of the Chilkat River Beaches Recreation Area this afternoon-- and luckily a north wind was blowing which pushed it toward the Carr's Cove rocks and away from the homes down here-- like...
Art-full Actions
I walked on the windy beach this morning with friends and our dogs, and we remembered Art Jess. The longtime community leader died Saturday at his home here. He had been declining, but it was unexpected, his wife Leanne said. He was 83. I do think "leader" is more...
The Funeral was Great
I mean this with all due the respect. Evelyn Arbuckle's memorial service out at the Covenant Life Center farm community center was great. The whole morning was, from the drive out the highway in the spring sunshine, crossing the bridge made famous on Gold Rush Alaska,...
Sunday’s Thought
"It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh-- I really think that requires spirit." From Jean Webster's novel, Daddy-Long Legs