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Sunday’s Thought
"Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile-- smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at at all- do it for peace. " Mother Teresa
Alaskans Gone Wild for Elvis and Pigs
I'm trying to decide which adventure I'd rather be on right now, Joanie and Sammy's pilgrimage to Graceland, (Sammy is a special needs adult and Joanie is a caregiving friend) or my husband and Roger's wild boar hunt in California with John. (John is a Tlingit bear...
Gold Rush Alaska and Us
Last Friday my husband and I figured we'd watch Gold Rush Alaska before the high school basketball game. We’d missed an episode, but nothing had changed. The miners were still losing 1000 dollars a day. Their equipment still didn't work. They still argued. They...
A Presbyterian Slip
With the rain in mind, here is a timely typo (and nice sentiments) from the January Presbyterian church newsletter: Keep on Living the Christmas Spirit Seasonal greetings and kindness should just be starting. See someone who needs your help, a cheerful word, a...
A Heart for Winter
The rain is raining all a round it rains on field tree, it rains on the umbrellas here and on the ships at sea. I was thinking of Robert Louis Stevenson's verse this morning, listening to the hard rain on the roof and wishing it were snow. It's more than a little...
Sunday’s Thought
From a poem by Jane Kenyon called Let Evening Come: To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoop in the oats, to air in the lung let evening come. Let it come, as it will, and don't be afraid. God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening come. .
Beach Walk Postcard
We have had a week of rainy wind, and it washed all the snow off the beach. Now it is clear and cooler, again, but with the low water in the Chilkat River thanks to ice higher up, the beach where it meets the sea is miles wide, especially at low tide. Here's a...