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Sunday’s Thoughts
I have three thoughts for you today--I guess I’m making up for lost time—and this is election season so there is a lot on my mind. In Haines on October 3rd we will vote for a new mayor, three assembly members, and the entire planning commission— that’s a lot of...
Gold Seeking
Chip is watching the news, and sees the rusty cans of gold coins worth about ten million dollars a woman walking her dog found in her backyard. She's been walking by the same tree they were buried under for years, apparently. He's also reading The Luminaries, a big...
KHNS Survey Time
I just took the KHNS radio survey-- I love surveys-- especially opinion surveys. I even like those calls at dinnertime asking me about Alaska politics, which was why I was disappointed a few minutes ago when someone who called asking for my husband Chip, but called...
Happy Tuesday
February really is the month of love this year-- The sun! The snow! The wins and grins! Skiing at Chilkoot is so great we keep going back out across the lake-- and we are not the only ones-- Everyone who has been has gone back. I mean, honestly, I have to pinch myself...
Sunday’s Thought
"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another."- Observed Jonathan Swift in 1711
What a Busy Weekend!
Here's the schedule of community events, as best as I can figure-- Basketball begins this afternoon against Wrangell: 2pm Boys JV 3:30 Girls JV 5:30 Boys Varsity (The women's choir meets at 5:15, and will sing the national anthem.) Senior night for girls/cheer team...
Good Morning, February.
The good news was that even though Marnie couldn't find the keys to the closet with the light switch in it, the moon on the snow, and then the lightening blue sky gave us plenty of light to work out by. I was sound asleep when Chip shouted up the stairs to see if I...