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Stayin’ Alive
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. ― Fred Rogers I read the news and...
Sunday’s Thought
"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic... and if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in...
Change in the Weather
It has been wet and gray, and as someone said, October decided to visit in August. Which may be why when the wind blows and the skies clear it feels like heaven. Also, there have been some more proverbial clearing of gray skies and stormy weather. With school starting...
Sunday’s Thought on Tuesday. (Say Hey,There’s a Global Pandemic.)
“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.” – Jesus,...
A Virtual Event Reminder (You can bring your dog. Mine will be there.)
On Tuesday July 28th at 4-5pm AKDT the Skaguay News Depot and Books store will host an hour long Zoom event featuring Eva Holland from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory and her fearless book about facing her fears, Nerve, with me and Of Ballots and Bears, and a rare special...
The Not So Secret Life of Bears
At about 1:30 in the morning Pearl began to pace, and then make loud, low growls which turned into barks. She stuck her nose against the screen on the bedroom window and huffed and puffed and growled some more. Trixie dove on the bed and buried her face in my neck....
If it’s Thursday it Must be Powell’s in Portland
Thursday July 23 at 6pm Pacific Time I will be in Portland, Oregon, sort of, courtesy of the legendary Powell's City of Books store in conversation with NY Times political reporter Jennifer Steinhauer and author of The Firsts. I am reading it now, and it's...