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A Little Down Time
Being in tiny Tenakee Springs with Covid gives a new meaning to “isolate”—especially since I stayed in my friend Teresa’s place, which I love even more because there is no Internet and cell service. There is a landline, but there’s no long distance, which means local...
A Few Things You May Want to Know About This Week
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...
Sunday’s Thought
Look, I want to love this world as though it's the last chance I'm ever going to get to be alive and know it. --Mary Oliver, from her poem October
Happy Birthday Breakfast for Stoli Postcard
A Little “Hope” Helps
The windy wet weather has been blown back to sea by a strong northerly delivering blue skies and promising single digits. That's how it is, gray skies clear. The sun sets and it rises. While the weather has been mild, it has been anything but a gentle week. My 90...
Thank Haines Community Leaders. (UPDATE)
This morning I said "thank you" right out loud, for this beach, this place, this day, this town-- and especially the for the Planning Commission and its chair Rob Goldberg who crafted the non-motorized ordinance for the Chilkat Beach at the residents' request, Mayor...
Ten Things to Know Today
1. It's icy. Be careful driving and walking. 2. The keep the Chilkat River Beaches non-motorized ordinance has a first hearing tonight at 6:30. If you can't make it contact an assembly person to voice support. What a great thing the assembly can do for us all,...