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Summertime
And the living is easy-- well, at least compared to everywhere else. I took this picture on our way back from a morning bike ride to Chilkoot. Chip was tired so he didn't mind. It's been hot and busy. (There is a red flag wildfire danger warning through tomorrow...
Sunday’s Thought
From a poem by Emily Dickinson: Eden is an old-fashioned house We dwell in everyday Without suspecting our abode Until we drive away
A Hooligan Among Hooligans
A postcard from a walk with my dog Forte on the Chilkat flats in Hooligan season. (Hooligan, or is it Hooligans? Are a smelt-like fish that this year have run in the millions up the Chilkoot and Chilkat Rivers.)
Goings On About Town
It is a busy time, everything, it seems, gets jammed into May. Tonight at 6:30 is the K-4 spring concert in the elementary school gym. The littlest musicians have been practicing since Christmas, and I hear that there will be lots of drumming. How fun is that? Plan on...
A Special Sauce
For Mother's Day my family washed the windows and put the screens in and JJ cooked dinner. She made a seafood and vegetable pasta. JJ, unlike her mother, follows recipes. When Sarah, the baby, Brian, and their dog Madi arrived, Sarah said, "it smells great." Then she...
My Kind of Graduation Speech
Well, we saw our son Christian graduate from CU Boulder, sort of. (Which makes three down and two to go.) He texted after he was seated with his 6,000 classmates, "I'm in the middle." He was wearing a black cap and gown. We had no idea which kid he was. We texted...
Gold Rush Alaska Tour News
A quick note for fans of the popular Discovery channel show who have contacted me about seeing the real thing here in Haines. There's some good news. You can visit John Schnabel and his grandson Parker's Porcupine Creek gold mine this summer (and no doubt peek across...