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Cops and Rabbits
"There is joy in all"-- from Welcome Morning, a poem by Anne Sexton. First let's get our bearings: 6:10 am. Light. It's raining, lightly, not much wind, the buds are greening, so is the seaweed and the grass. The tide is out and the river flats are full of ducks,...
Lent Again
We are running toward the light this Lent, and instead of giving up stuff we are holding on to what we have. For Sarah's 36 birthday she ran a marathon (26.2 miles) in Haines. She planned someplace exotic, but we know how that goes. Still, two fun friends and her...
Wednesday’s Thought(s)
It's cold ( -1 and blowing a gale.) The wind sounds like distant thunder and the dogs don't like that, or the squeak coming from a wire or maybe a gate hinge so they woke me up at five, and I fed them and let them out, and visited with Chip while he did sit-ups in the...
Sunday’s Thought
O ye frost and cold, bless ye the Lord; O ye ice and snow, bless ye the Lord; O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord. - From a Song of Creation, The Book of Common Prayer
Haiku and Woo Woo
I'm just back from the dentist and a bit wobbly, so forgive me. The good news is that I don't have Covid. No, I wasn't worried. I'm not sick, but they give you a test at the dental clinic and it is nice to know. I have been sleeping badly, in part because of my now...
Sunday’s Thought
"...we step out of the shade aflame and unafraid, the new dawn blooms as we free it, for there is always light if only we are brave enough to see it, if only we are brave enough to be it." -- From Amanda Gorman's poem, The Hill We Climb.
Hope and Laughter
"... we found the power to author a new chapter To hope and laugh..."-- Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman Papa Bob rose early to catch the inauguration events. The wreath laying at Arlington was the most moving for him. "This is good to do," he said. "It's...