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Something Funny
As you may have noticed, I have not been here as much as I'd like to be, for all kinds of good reasons, and sometimes when you don't write for a bit, you are shy about sharing random thoughts. You know, the kind of thoughts you have that just before you tap them out...
Hospice Training
Five years ago today, I was all ready to start the Hospice of Haines training-- where I'd learn how to change a bed with someone in it, or use a walker, who to call when you need help in the middle of the night, and how to comfort someone without driving them crazy....
If I’d Known We Were 100 I’d Have Baked A Cake
The 100th anniversary of anything is cause for much celebration. Certainly the 100th birthday of our town is a reason for dancing in the streets and big doings. Except we missed it. Haines was incorporated January 6, 1910. The other night at the borough assembly...
A Good Omen
I promised to tell you more about Easter, and baby Caroline's baptism, but I'm not sure how much. This is the tricky part of blogging- and writing for a living. The day and the events will make a good column, so it might have to wait to be "published", make sense? I...
New Column is Up
So, the weekly is column is up. (It's about the annual blessing of the fleet.) I already had a note from a friend in Arizona who said it sounds like I really could use a vacation-- like yesterday. I didn't think it was that bad. The good news is that today was like a...
Easter Bunny Sightings
My friend Phyllis called to say she was walking her Newfoundland puppy (Zebby is as big as a chicken coop these days) near the lumberyard and saw Sarah's white cat. " Well, I thought it was a cat, until I realized it was a bunny. Tell her to be careful or a dog might...
Joy in Mudville.
Another beautiful day, ( although a bit muddy underfoot ), made even more so by the BIG news from the Borough committee meeting last night. The Manager has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Well & Fit board, turning over the vacant elementary school gym...