Blog
In Loving Memory
It's been a busy few days, as I was back at work writing an obituary for an old friend. Richard Flegel died Friday at the clinic from an aneurysm. He was 75 and had been struggling ever since heart surgery a few years back. The news still made me gasp. I am grateful...
Haines’ New Telephone Pole Park
Construction continues at the waterfront on the new intersection of Fort Seward at Portage Cove. Our friends from AP&T have added a new attraction that dwarfs the big hammer on Main Street: What may be the largest municipal telephone pole in southeast Alaska has...
Reality Televison Knocks on the Door
I have been asked to audition for a new Alaskan reality TV show made by the folks who bring you Pawn Stars, called Alaska Rivers (and the people who live on them.) Apparently the producers like this blog, and as you know we do live in a photogenic place populated by...
June Picnic Postcard
Sunday’s Thought
This is what I want my grandchildren to know: that every day they have a choice to wake up on the good side of the bed or the bad, with a smile or a frown, with a howl or a song. So here is a little tune from Oklahoma! that I have taught Caroline (3) to sing when she...
A lowtide morning walk with Pearl Postcard
As Mary Oliver says, this is why I wake early-- an early summer morning with a good dog to share it with is the preacher there ever was.
Kluane to Chilkat Here We Come
A week from today we'll be driving up to Haines Junction, Yukon to camp overnight before joining about a thousand other cyclists in a race to Haines. The Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay is a about 160 miles long and may be done solo or in 2,4 & 8 person...