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Family is Family
How does that Kaci Musgrave song about family go? "You get what you get, and you don't get to pick 'em. They might smoke like chimneys, but give you their kidneys. Yeah friends come in handy but family is family." I was humming that a lot last week in Ocala with my...
March is Coming in Like a Roaring Siberian Tiger.
Just reading the marine weather forecast makes me cold, and a little alarmed, here it is: NORTHERN LYNN CANAL- 400 PM AKST MON FEB 28 2011 ...STORM WARNING TUESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND INCREASING TO 45 KT LATE....
A Snowshoe On Mt. Ripinsky
I figure this is like coming for a winter walk with me, only a lot warmer.
Sunday’s Thought
I received a letter this week from Berkshire, England. It was addressed "Mrs. Heather Lende, (I'm sure this will reach you!) Haines, Alaska U.S.A. When I told my friend Debra that I was so pleased that our small-town post office had delivered it without my PO box...
A Quiet Morning
I'm still writing, writing, writing, as Eloise would say, but I took a few pictures on the walk home from Morning Muscles I thought you might like. I think of these little photo albums as picture stories. My camera has become a visual notebook, which is kind of...
Here Comes the Sun, and the Gold is in the Ratings
It's been two weeks since I've attended Morning Muscles, what with traveling and the flu that's been going around keeping our flexible and fit instructor Marnie bed bound-- but the good news is that it was light when we finished at seven, so I left the car at the...
Music and Mountains
About fifty people, from elders to the Policeman Simon's youngest child, he's just now walking, attended the classical piano concert last night in the Chilkat Center and heard Tien Hsieh give the Steinway a real workout, especially on Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli...