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Swimming the Rosary & Finding the Good on Substack
I already added this to the Substack version of my blog-- but then realized you may be left out. This is a piece I wrote for Earth & Altar, a journal of faith. It's about swimming toward faith. I was at the pool this morning doing this and I realized I hadn't...
Season’s Greetings
The last cruise ship of the season is here. So is the first day full day of Fall, and also right on time: white frosting on the high peaks and ridges-- I don't like to call it termination dust, since the first snow on the mountains feels as much like a beginning as an...
Of Bears and Berries
Last night the sow and cubs were back in the mountain ash trees. Chip shined the flashlight out the bedroom window, clapped and told them to "git." The dogs growled and barked (from safe inside the house) and the bears loped off and we sort of fell back asleep. At...
Change in the Weather
I love weather, which is a good thing, since we have a lot of it, and this week it seems even more than usual. I postpone the daily walk when it is raining sideways at 9 because it may be (and is!) glorious a few hours later and my friend Teresa is ready and so are...
Oh, Mary!
So, a few weeks ago I said to Chip, "I feel so bad for these women that live in deep red states." And he replied, "Heather, we do." I said, "No we don't!" And he said, "Yes we do, you just don't see it in Haines and Juneau." And today? Don Young's seat went to a...
Attentive August Abundance
I started writing a novel yesterday and counted the days until I should have a rough draft done ( taking time off for some weekends and moose hunting and all that) -- Dec 2! I should be prompted to blog and write other things too, since I am back at regular "work,"...
Sunday’s Thought
"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer." - Simone Weil