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Wednesday’s Thought?
Oh help me. How can it be Weds already? Time is galloping. Has it been two years since Emilia was born literally the day before the pandemic began in earnest here? Yes. Now look ... If it makes any difference, I do talk to you a lot. I have all kinds of stuff to...
Good News and Bad News
In yoga this week, the instructor, Nancy, began the practice announcing that she had good news and bad news. There was a worried silence. Then she asked which we'd like first. Some said the bad, some said the good. "What if the good news and bad news is the same?" She...
Fundraiser for Faith Weds. 23 at the Elks
In other news, tomorrow night at the Elks Lodge (5-8) there will be a fundraising dinner for Faith Touhy. Dianne Nelson said Faith has been under going chemo treatments for breast cancer, and has had to stop working, and while medicaid has been helpful, "the bills...
Small World Wonders
It's spring break at the school this week and the Haines Venturer Scouts are in Ecuador climbing mountains and riding bikes. Their last big trip was to Africa where they climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. (For a small out of the way place, we sure get around.) Nancy Nash was...
Sunday’s Thought
From Annie Dillard's The Writing Life: Admire the world for never ending on you- as you would admire an opponent, without taking your eyes from him, or walking away.
The Shark is Still Here
It usually takes the ravens, magpies and eagles a day to pick a deer carcass clean down to a pile of fur. They even eat the hide. But the gutted sleeper shark liver remains intact- as is all the viscera, which is splayed out in a seeping pile in the sand next to the...
Shark Update
Well, as you can imagine there was high excitement on the beach yesterday ( and lots of spring sunshine ) what with a shark and all. Bears, moose, wolves, coyotes, seals, sea-lions, hawks, eagles-- these are all normal visitors, but a shark? Turns out it was a pacific...