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Sunday’s Thought
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites for they love to pray on the street corners and be seen by others. When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.-- From the Gospel according to Matthew
A Dog Party, Sort of.
Last night at dinner Papa Bob, his lady friend, and my son debated the thrills of bungee jumping versus sky diving. Has Papa Bob been bungee jumping too? He didn't tell me this. (He will be 79 in September.)Before I could ask, he said he hadn't, but he might like to....
Sunday’s Thought
From Look and See a poem by Mary Oliver: "Oh Lord, how shining and festive is your gift to us, if we only look, and see."
Checking in on a Busy Holiday Weekend
I probably shouldn't have breakfast this morning since I'll be eating Fireman Al's Texas barbecue for lunch with everyone else in town down at the firehall. It's the Haines Volunteer Fire Department's annual fundraiser. Before that there's the farmers market at the...
Radio Days
I spent yesterday afternoon at community radio station KHNS pitching for the annual fundraiser. The goal this year is 55,000 and we reached somewhere around 40,000 during the show (math is not my strength) and had a lot fun talking about the radio and the community...
Alaska Salmon Fishing Postcard
Here, we catch most of our fish with a net. Chip and I were up early Sunday and skipped church to catch five sockeye. It was slow, but a lovely morning to be out on the water, and we did get plenty of fish for dinner this week.
Sunday’s Thought
It is the morning after a good wedding and our own 29th anniversary, so here's a verse from Leah Furnas's poem, The Longly-Weds Know - "That it isn't about the Golden Anniversary at all, But about all the unremarkable years that Hallmark doesn't even make a card for."