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A New Year’s Column. (Sort of)
“Oh, earth, you’re too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it - every, every minute?” –Thornton Wilder The best thing, or one of the best things, about living at 59 degrees and 14 feet North and latitude...
Friday’s Thought
All I can say is no, no, and no. And like a lot of a comfortable white people, it rings of too little, too late. What can I do? Maybe make some of you less comfortable by mentioning this, here, in my usual sunny place. But I cannot stand what's happening. It makes me...
Of Bears and Ballots is Coming Soon
Hi, I hope it's okay to take a moment here for some business. My new book is coming out June 30th (which is also my birthday so we must have cupcakes, don't you think?) But that means it may be in stores sooner than that, say by mid-June. ( It's not like Harry Potter...
Thank You, Lucy.
In a time when good news is sometimes scarce here's some great news. The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation has learned that the estate of Lucy Harrell left them one million dollars. Basically doubling the endowment of the local fund. ( And really, she left it to all...
The News from Here isn’t Dull, Anyway.
The first rule for any small-town governing body should be: If what you want to do requires a phone call to a big city attorney to justify it, don't do it. The letter the Haines assembly has shared with the community (sort of, it's in the assembly meeting packet...
Memorial Day
When I was a child, we had parades. I walked with the Brownies, carrying a flag, my mother was our leader, she wore white gloves too. We walked in our brown uniforms between the green Girl Scouts and the blue Cub Scouts, from Glenwood Landing to the American Legion in...
Sunday’s Thought
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle