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Sunday’s Thought
“Contemplative prayer is simply a wordless, trusting opening of self to the divine presence. Far from being advanced, it is about the simplest form of prayer there is. Children recognize it instantly—as I did—perhaps because, as the sixteenth-century mystic John of...
Phew, bike race well done now onto a wedding.
Between the bike race weekend-- setting up the finish line on Friday, packing up the bikes and gear and driving up to Haines Junction Yukon, racing all day Saturday, the clean up and gang at the house Sunday and then Father's Day dinner-- well, I have only walked by...
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.