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Wear your ice grippers! There's ice under this lovely new snow, even on the beaches and trails.  (Micro-spikes on a chains are available at the Back Country Outfitter and are the best for all-terrain hikers. )A trekking or ski pole might be a good idea too-- Also, the...

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy  

1. Make reservations to fly to Juneau Weds. for Thanksgiving.(The ferry leaves Monday. Too soon for Chip and I.) 2.Thaw turkey in case the plane can't fly. 3. Walk Pearl in the wet gale.  4. Help Chip get five deer cut, wrapped and in the freezer. 5. Jonathan Ward's...

Thanks to the snow (about a foot and half), sleet, and now the rain and awful ice, I have been late for just about everything so far today including checking with you. It was about 12 degrees at 6 am, 22 at 8, and by 11 this morning it was 35 raining and blowing a...

A winter weather advisory is sometimes a good thing-- as today it seems, it's wise to heed it. The wind nearly turned us back on our morning dog walk, but we made it, ducking into the brush where we could, for some relief, and all covered completely except for one...

Days like today I think I may never do my job again. I spent the lovely moonset of a morning with a family whose 26 year-old son was found dead following an extensive search last week. I listened to good stories about happier times around their comfortable kitchen...