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Seeing the World
"See the world for what it is, and not what people think it is."- James D. Emilia is typing and coloring. She punches in her name and a thought or two and then pulls the paper out and draws a picture. I tell her writing is creative, good for you, and a nice way to...
Just Another Miracle
This morning I listened to Nanci Griffiths singing as I pedaled to nowhere on my bike up on the stair landing."It's just another morning here," she sings, "...and it's a miracle that it comes around every day of the year." When I headed to the fridge for cream for my...
Farewell to Papa Bob
I like this picture of my dad a lot -- taken a few years back now-- it shows Papa Bob with a lot of us-- and he's in great form. He was in pretty good form Christmas Eve, too. He'd showered and shaved, put on clean jeans and a red Christmas sweater. He mixed a Bloody...
Wintering
“We need friends who wince along with our pain, who tolerate our gloom, and who allow us to be weak for a while, while we’re finding our feet again." – Katherine May, Wintering. I like the idea of Hygge, but I am not that good at drinking coffee and eating cake all...
Snow and More Snow and Life
We had 67 inches of snow in November, and it feels like we've had that much so far in December, but truthfully, we have reached the tipping point where we are bragging about how much snow we have shoveled, and gleefully upping the ante, as in: "There must have been...
12/ 2
Today is sort of like our 9/11. A year ago there was a terrible storm and two people we loved died in a landslide and all of us were effected in one way or the other-- and then Phil, my beach walking friend Nene's husband who was a volunteer EMT and had helped so much...
Gratitude for All of It
Our Haines daughters were away for the holiday with their in-laws, and Papa Bob was tucked in at my sister's, so we decided to take the ferry to Juneau for Thanksgiving. A quick trip, since the schedule worked out (miracles of miracles), we brought the dogs for their...