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Sunday’s Thought
"Wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its costs in things natural, wild and free." - Aldo Leopold
On the Bright Side
Here is the difference between November and January: In November when it snows a foot we cancel 6am Morning Muscles class. In January, we look out the window, pull on our boots and coats, take a fifteen minute warm-up thanks to the fresh snow to get the car out or...
Ground Moving Updates
The Haines Borough has been posting updates on the ground motion issues on the Lutak Road hill on the borough website. It is the best source of information on this developing Haines story.
More Snow!
Okay, so that is not news. It was pretty funny though, when the sun rose yesterday and we once again couldn't see the chicken coop. Then my neighbor Betty called to tell me it was waist deep at her house. "I give you permission to skip church," she said. I could...
Sunday’s Thought from Roger Rosenblatt
From Unless it Moves the Human Heart: The Craft and Art of Writing, by Roger Rosenblatt: "Everything contains significance. But some significances are more equal than others. The writers whom we agree are the great ones only deal in matters of proved importance. They...
My January Woman’s Day Column
I know we've just had the wedding a week ago, and we are all very happy-- but this just-published January Woman's Day column was writtten back when things were in limbo.
A Little News for Friday
First, the weather. My fellow Mud Bay Roaders, we have made the news: ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY...LOCALLY VERY WINDY ALONG LYNN CANAL...ESPECIALLY ON MUD BAY ROAD.NORTH WIND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60...