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On the 12th Day of Christmas
I listened to Christmas carols, the traditional kind from an English church choir, as I pedaled to nowhere on the stationary bike at 6 am. Later, I took a walk at sunrise (well, around ten? it felt like sunrise anyway), before the kids from Australia came over from...
A Few Things to Know for Now
It's a lovely, warmer, snowy morning, and the wind has died down. It was so quiet last night I couldn't sleep, but my neighbor was up early and it was her turn to drive to 6am Morning Muscles, and with the snow she was concerned about getting there before the roads...
A Fun Haines Video
If you haven't seen this already, here's Steve Vick's Black Friday in Haines shopping (sort of) video. You'll love it. We do.
As Warm as Mexico? You Bet.
I think the wind blew even harder last night than it did yesterday, and I know the drifts in the Fort are pretty impressive. My friend Fran and I busted through them in my Subaru to get to Morning Muscles at six. Luckily there was a lot of stretching. Last night Pearl...
A Mind of Winter
I woke thinking of that children's poem, "Who has seen the wind, neither you nor I," since it's wrong, and I can see the wind and have been able to for about a week, although this morning's snow especially, filled in the breezy spaces on a walk across the Siberian...
Sunday’s Thought
"How can this be? Such calm, such peace, such solitude in this world of woe?" - David Budbill (From a poem, The Sixth of January.)
Sword Fights and Snow in the Forecast
Looks like we might have to skate on Chilkoot Lake after all today, as we won't be able to tomorrow, or for a while, if the forecast comes true. I hear the ice is solid, where the skaters have been, although there is a skiff of snow on top and you can't see it...