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Advent Thought Dec.8– Holding the Light
"See how everything we have made gathers the light inside itself and overflows. A blessing.--Stuart Kestenbaum in his poem Holding the Light in The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal edited by James Crewes. The power went out in Juneau before we woke...
Nov. 17 Tenakee Inlet Fog
That was what counted…those unexpected moments of appreciation, unanticipated glimpses of beauty and kindness--- any of the things that attached us to this world and made us forget , even for a moment, its pain and its transience.– Isabel Dalhousie ( Alexander McCall...
Nov 16 Tenakee Inlet
We are awfully lucky to be here, and by "we" I mean every living thing.- Bill Bryson 8:10 am, east side of Tenakee Springs, cloudy, light westerly, low tide. 38 degrees. It is weird to walk without a dog, but nice to be out early in a sleepy little (very little) rural...
Nov 15 on the Ferry
Searching is half the fun. Life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party. - Jimmy Buffet About 8am, 30 degrees, cloudy and a little breezy. Leaving Juneau on the M/V LeConte. I have no idea what the tide is doing or...
Nov. 14 First Snow on the Chilkat
The proper response to the world is applause.- Ralph Waldo Emerson 9 am, 30 degrees, light dusting of snow, light north wind, light clouds-- low tide. The weather is light, the snow is light, and my heart is floating. I love the first snow. This is why I live here,...
Nov 13, A Lucky Walk on the Chilkat
My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now and we don't where the heck she is.- Ellen DeGeneres 10:30 am, Monday Nov. 13. 31 degrees. Cloudy, light NW breeze. Almost high tide. (Notice the 13 and 31? It's my lucky day.)...
Sunday Nov. 12 on the Chilkat- Blue Sky!
Best preacher that ever was, dear star, that just happens to be where you are in the universe to keep us from ever-darkness, to ease warm touching, to hold us in the great hands of light-- good morning, good morning, good morning-- Mary Oliver We all have helpers in...