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Magic Postcard
I am just home from a family party down the road at Beth and Gregg's lodge at the Chilkat inlet Retreat. As soon as I finished washing the potluck pans I told my daughter I better get to blogging. I am pretty tired (I did a radio show this afternoon,and bought a 30 lb...
October At Home Postcard
Here's a few snapshots from a quiet weekend at home-- well, sort of quiet.
Sunday’s Thought
"You can't deserve the sweet and tender things in life less'n you're tough."--From wise old Aunt Eller in Oklahoma! (And by the way, it was a great production in Haines last night, deserving that exclamation point !)
Cheers for the Boys on the Ballot
I made a terrible error yesterday in my election notes-- blame it on blogging before coffee-- I assumed that three women (since often that seems to be case) had won the uncontested school board seats-- when, the big news, a first for Haines-- is that the student...
Email’s Small Wonders
This morning I opened my email and found this note: “What type of tree is in the lower left foreground of the photo of Pearl that you posted on Oct 2 on Facebook?” [Mountain Ash.] Next came: “Heather, My husband Tom and I were in Skagway in Sept. when you were in...
First Hard Frost
Pearl's backyard water dish was iced over this morning, and Joanie was scraping the ice off her car at the swimming pool after her earlybird swim. The plumbers are working to get the boiler running and the heat back on inside the Chilkat Center, and the Sticklers are...
A Few Things to Know This Week
It is now October, and it feels like it-- with frost on the windshield and fresh snow on the mountains. Ralph and Vince have brought in a huge moose (60 something inches), and tomorrow is local election day, which means we get to vote for assembly and school board...