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Right on Time
This morning I woke to our first signifcant snowfall. (Although Mike, who delivers the dog food his wife makes, said yesterday they'd already had 42" at his place about 40 miles away out by the border, with a good 18" still on the ground.) It was a surprise to sink...
Watching the Earth Move Under My Feet
Yesterday my daughter JJ (she's student-teaching this semester in the Haines School and graduates from UAA in May) and I checked out the "ground failure" situation on Oceanview Drive and Lutak Road, right near my other daughter's newly cleared house lot. There's...
Happy Tuesday (as we say in Morning Muscles)
A daughter's wedding Friday, a granddaughter's second birthday party Sunday, and Monday night an Arts Council potluck for "Asteria," a husband and wife duo from Brooklyn who play the lute and sing early Renaissance music (actually 1350-1400 Anglo/French...
A Wedding Poem
Instead of Sunday's Thought this week, I thought you might like the poem I wrote for my daughter's wedding on Friday the 13th. It was lovely, and we are all very happy and very tired. (In a good way.) I'll tell you all about it next week, but for now, you'll have to...
More Snow?
I keep reminding myself that snow is not news in Alaska. But little Cordova down in Prince William Sound is all over the national papers, radio, and even TV. They have had 15.5 feet of snow this winter, but have run out of snow shovels. As of Sunday, Haines has had...
First Day of School and a Wedding
It's a big week. JJ has her first day of kindergarten today. She was up early, ate poached eggs, packed a pumpkin muffin for her snack, and wore her favorite dress with tights and boots and a warm coat. I dropped her off a little before eight, since she wanted to be...
A Gold Rush Alaska “Grandpa John” Story
It was so great to see my friend Nancy on Gold Rush Alaska last night (that would be Parker's mother) speaking for all mothers when she tells 17 year-old Parker to straighten up. This is why she is my daughter JJ's Godmother and why JJ declared last night's episode...