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A Little News for Subscribers
I have decided to show up on Substack, but you don't have to if that's not your thing. I am simply sharing the same posts that are on the blog that you will continue read here or get in your email. I also will never share your email address or the subscriber list...
Tenakee Postcard
The ferries to Tenakee are few and far between, and there are no roads to drive there on, (and even when you get there, no cars, just a trail for bikes, 4-wheelers and walkers) which means a float plane is the only way in or out most days, but since the weather was...
It’s Been a While Since I’ve Been Out
It all happened because I was asked to speak at the Association of Alaska School Boards conference in Anchorage, back in May, and I said yes. Then Covid went crazy again in Alaska, and I figured it would be virtual. Sigh. I mean, Zoom is okay, and it's very...
It’s November
Yes, it's November and it is still 2021, but in lots of ways feels like 2020. Still masked, still waiting for life to come back to normal. It's getting closer. I just returned from the pool, and there we all chat and swim and joke that the blue water may be as close...
Lighting Season
I love lights in the windows this time of year. Back in college, in Vermont one of my favorite things was a late afternoon walk up the hill from Middlebury to campus, when the yellow lights glowed in the windows of old white houses, the kind with pumpkins and mums on...
Sunday’s Thought
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. ― Rumi
Flying to Juneau
I took my chances and flew to Juneau for a long weekend. ( 'What's a week-end?' for me it was Weds evening - Sun afternoon.) I just wanted to see the kids and waiting for the perfect time these still-Covid but back to school days, means never leaving home. My sister...