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Wishing for a Lucky New Year (And It’s Still Snowing…)
“One must have a mind of winter…” Wallace Stevens from his poem, The Snow Man The winter storm warning continues until noon today. It’s still dark and snowing hard. Chip has already shoveled the paths for us and the dogs, and we are waiting for Jack and his loader to...
A Little Dinner with Friends
Chip and I went to get covid and flu shots yesterday. It’s hard to know what to do now that vaccines are a choice. I asked the nurse for help and she said it was my call and went to get the vaccines for Chip, who had no concerns. Recently, I took the dogs to the vet...
The Haines No Kings Rally and March
I was anxious about the Haines No Kings rally but determined to go. It was a chance to say that what is happening is wrong. But Haines is a red and blue small-town where we need each other. It helped that my husband said he’d come. Chip does not attend national...
Swimming the Rosary & Finding the Good on Substack
I already added this to the Substack version of my blog-- but then realized you may be left out. This is a piece I wrote for Earth & Altar, a journal of faith. It's about swimming toward faith. I was at the pool this morning doing this and I realized I hadn't...
How to Help Alaskans Right Now
The best way to help the thousands displaced and suffering because of the recent storms in Western Alaska-- which is a long way from Haines, too-- is right here: through the Alaska Community Foundation's special relief fund . This same foundation helped Haines when we...
A Heart for San Francisco
“When you are in a world where people are not behaving like human beings, strive to be a human being.” Rabbi Sydney Mintz, sharing an old Jewish saying on Yom Kippur. I am still thinking about our spur of the moment, whirlwind Yom Kippur trip to San...
Sunday’s Thought ( A Shabbat Prayer)
Well, it’s been a rough day for my religion. Christians are wearing me out. What happened to love everyone (everyone) the same way you love yourself? What happened to the Golden Rule? So, this Sunday’s Thought is from one of my very favorite traditions, the Reformed...