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Hello Out There
I know, I have not fallen off the face of the earth, rather it is summer, real summer, following the very, very quiet year of isolation, so all heaven is breaking loose and I want to pay attention. The family was all here for my birthday week and the 4th ( well,...
Watershed Good News
Went to the Borough Assembly meeting last night, and it was pretty good. Part of becoming a grandmother, I figure, is to stand up for things that make this community the kind that Caroline should be raised in. Mind you, I am a woman who thinks four hens are enough to...
A Chilkat Morning
I jogged around town this morning and then home from Morning Muscles. I had that Chelsea morning song in my head, it was so nice. I changed it to Chilkat morning though. On Lynn Canal there were calm seas, and a very light northerly. The roads were dry with some ice...
Alaskan Democrats Cut the Cake
The new column is up at the Alaska Dispatch. It is about being a normal Democrat. There are quite a few in Alaska.
The Merchants Lost
The Haines Merchants couldn't beat Angoon tonight. I think it was 104-96. We gave up on the radio, but had a text message from the gym. Apparently the guys rallied at the end, but not quite enough.
Merchants Won
We didn't hear the game very well, since the reception on KINY ( a Juneau radio station) was like being in a rusty submarine in a hurricane with a howling pack of wolves. But the Haines team won. The Merchants are in the championship game tonight against Angoon. They...
Glacier Glee?
At choir practice last night our director, Nancy Nash, said, "How about the Glacier Glee Club?" She has been trying to think of names for our women's chorus. "I like it, it sounds like an East Coast name." But Annie, who is from Maine, shook her head and said, "no,...