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Fall Colors in Tenakee Post Card
Well, it's snowing today in Haines, the first of the season, with a winter weather advisory and everything. We are in Tenakee Springs. Down in the tropics on Chichagof Island (for a few more days) where it is raining, again. But yesterday was a beautiful day for a...
Welcome Happy (Monday) Morning
We did not have an Easter baby.. He arrived the night before! Theodore Lende Lynch, named for his grandfathers (Teddy Bear to his cousins and sisters already), is big (8 lbs. 2 oz) has a head full of dark hair and a face like a boxer (for the time being, he came into...
When Women Were Whales
My youngest daughter Stoli is in Juneau waiting to have a baby and visiting with her oldest sister Eliza, so their children, the four cousins, are hanging out.They will have been together about a month on Sunday. I think the initial novelty is wearing off. No, you...
Sunday’s Thought
From Pam Houston's new book Deep Creek: "Where there is life, there is hope, a veterinarian I loved for the way he loved my dog once told me. By which he meant, as long as we are living, there is always time to expand the story." I read that this morning by accident,...
Where Have You Been?
To Unlalaska Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians. It is one of my new favorite places. It's so remote, wild, beautiful, and desolate, what with no trees and few people, and yet it is also a major port for trans world shipping and fishing boats, home to huge seafood...
Sunday’s Thought
"How many ways can I find to be kind? How can I express my affection or my respect: what can I do to show compassion or extend encouragement to others?... The options are beyond number. The key is not to stumble upon such an opportunity, but to be intentional about...
The end of Winter.
The Buckwheat Ski Classic over in Skagway is not the usual race this year, as rain and record warm temperatures have ruined the snow. But, the entry fees have been collected, the food for the banquet has all arrived, and the snow castle at the big aid station up in...