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Advent Thought (s) Dec. 15 Joy, joy, joy!
“This is my true religion: arbitrary moments of nearly painful happiness for a life I feel privileged to lead.” – Elizabeth Berg in her novel, The Art of Mending After the Holly Jolly Follies, as I braced myself out on the porch of the Chilkat Center for the walk up...
Dec 14 : Something Good can Happen Anytime Too
"Yes" -a poem by William Stafford: "It could happen anytime, tornado, earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen. It could you know. That's why I wake and look out- no guarantees in this life. But some bonuses, like morning, like right now, like noon, like evening."...
Lucky Dec. 13– Maybe?
“Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.”- Satchel Paige “Fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be best for us…” Book of Common Prayer Weds. Dec. 13 Chilkat River Beach. 9:45 am. Snow and rain, 33 degrees. Gusty south...
Dec 12 Bad Weather & Good Will
“The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns. Faith also means reaching deeply within, for the sense one...
Dec. 11: Surf’s Up on the Chilkat
"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is -Thank You- it will be enough." Meister Eckhart Monday December 11, 10 am. 37 degrees but feels colder, raining. South winds to 40 mph. High tide. Winter Storm Warning until tomorrow at 6 am for wind, rain and...
Dec. 10, Sunday’s Thought & Photos
“But it seemed to me that this was the way we all lived: full to the brim with gratitude and joy one day, wrecked on the rocks the next. Finding the balance between the two was the art and the salvation.” ― Elizabeth Berg, The Year of Pleasures Dec 10, Sunday, 9 am....
Dec 9 Hopes and Hoops
"Based on the evidence, why was I given this day?"- John O'Donohue 11:30 am, Saturday Dec. 9, Chilkat River Beach. North wind, 30 degrees, fine snow. High tide. We walked later because I had a basketball game to watch at 10:00 and another one at 1:00. My...