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A Dog Story (or Leaving Tenakee is an Adventure)
I was making pierogis with friends Tuesday afternoon when I learned that the Wednesday state ferry LeConte would be replaced by a Goldbelt catamaran. The type used for whale watching tours. It’s smaller and faster than the ferry but could not carry the harbormaster’s...
Sunday’s Thought(s)
I used to look at those old photos of ghosts. Have you ever seen them? The ones of the monks in some ancient cathedral, walking down the aisle in their hooded robes, only instead of full height, feet on the floor, they appear to be waist deep in a river of stone...
Of Moose and Masks
On the way to Florida I was apprehensive. I pay attention to the news and it's not all sunny down there. But there was no rumble on the flight. No one needed to be whacked with a coffee pot. In Publix, the big grocery store, there were masks and no masks, but the vibe...
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...
Much Love & Hope
My cousin and I were corresponding about Papa Bob, and life and death and probate, and he signed the email, "Much Love and Hope" -- which pretty sums it up doesn't it? The only things that are going to carry us through winter, Covid, crazy politics, the only things...
Sunday’s Thought
"The world is already split open, and it is our destiny to heal it, each in our own way, each in our own time, with the gifts that are ours." Terry Tempest Williams
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