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A Good Story about Justice and Mercy
The Elizabeth Peratrovich Day celebration was just what I needed — I know it’s only one small chapter in the book of time bending toward justice, as Martin Luther King Jr. said—but it felt bigger. The event, on a Tuesday morning at 9:30 in the Haines School gym,...
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Alaska
“Advisory: Heavy drifted snow has made multiple roads impassable. Vehicles are getting stuck. Crews are clearing roads. Travel not advised.” - The Haines Borough Police Department There's that, and pretty much everything is closed. Since no one should be out, the...
Sunday’s Thought(s) Let it Snow…
My favorite Christmas book is actually a long poem by Dylan Thomas, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, A Child’s Christmas in Wales. And with all this snow, and a houseful of children who will remember a snowy Christmas like this one for the rest of their lives, I...
Christmas Eve, The Last Day of Advent Thought(s)
I am up early, to bake the coffee cakes, like that old Dunkin Donuts commercial, my song is “Time to make the coffee cakes.” The two I made yesterday didn’t work out. They appear flatter than they should be. But, my daughter says they will taste fine. Of course they...
Dec 23 Advent Love in a Picture
For the mind can build itself a home, but only the heart can live in it-- Mark Nepo, from his poem, Art Lesson It has been a very busy day so I'm afraid I'll be brief -- the family has descended from far and near ( well, Juneau, and Young and Small Tracts roads)-- and...
Advent Thought(s) Dec. 22. Cheers to Community
"All along the echoes sing the same delight." -- Susan Cooper, in her poem, "The Shortest Day". It is getting down to the Christmas wire. The radio station is playing all the grumpy Christmas songs. To be fair to KHNS, community radio for Haines, Klukwan and Skagway,...
Advent Thoughts Dec. 21, Winter Solstice.
It is the darkest day of the year, and in church we light the Advent candle for Love. I am feeling so much love. Just not the kind I want to, right now. As my granddaughter says, I have a lot of feelings. They say you can balance an egg upright on the equinox. If I...