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December 4th Sunday’s Thought
Last night when the puppy woke me at 1:50 to go out to pee and poop (why he poops more at night I do not know). I pulled on a coat and boots and walked him down the hard-packed snow path to the beach. There were stars, and a moon, and I could hear the ice moving in...
Sunday’s Thought
Mary Oliver wrote, "Real prayers are not the words, but the attention that comes first." I think the same is true of gratitude. It is not in the saying of "thank you," of course that is always nice, and a proper response to most anything-- but real gratitude is...
Sitka Postcard (And a baby picture or two. Can’t help myself.)
As you can imagine, it has been a little busy around here. What with the baby being born, Chip's trip to see Grandma Joanne in Florida, Eliza is here now too taking the wilderness medicine class while I babysit her much higher energy Golden Retriever than my mellow...
Say Hey, More Snow on the Way!
Well, this sure is good news for heliskiers-- and for the keepers of the record books-- Winter Storm Warning URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HAINES ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
Home Again Dancing a Jig
It is hard to believe that it has only been a week since I left for Sitka with a hunch that the baby was coming-- and now we are home safe with her. The ferry arrived at 4:30 this morning. (Chip is back too, he flew in from visiting great-grandma Joanne in Florida in...
The Business of Writing?
I was interviewed for Alaska Entrepreneur recently, and here's the story, on the business of writing. (Don't laugh.)
Sunday’s Thought ( for Baby Lani’s First Sabbath)
It was snowing some in Sitka by the sea on your first afternoon, and the lights were off up on the second floor hospital maternity ward, or as the sign says in Tlingit, the Place Where Babies are Born. We were groggy and awe filled from your 2:40 a.m. arrival and...