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Boxing Day
Annie Dillard famously wrote that how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. My days have been spent with family and stories, and it turns out, that's a pretty good life ( not that there aren't plenty of years left.) I never planned any of this. It...
Family News
First, I am pleased to report that my sister-in-law, Karen O'Connor (the Olympian we all went to London to see) is okay after a bad fall on Saturday at a horse trial in Virginia. Her horse, Veronica, is doing even better than she is. Grandma Joanne said Karen injured...
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...