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Tenakee Time
“Ten times a day something happens to me like this- some strengthening throb of amazement- some good sweet empathic ping and swell. This is the first, the wildest and wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.” – Mary...
The Light of Trees and Grandmas
I am determined to attend yoga at least once a week this winter -- it is good for body and soul, plus, I have terrible balance and tip over when I do the tree pose on my bad leg side. (I know, I'm not supposed to call it bad, but it sometimes feels that way. There are...
A Response to the Massacre in Pittsburgh
I'm just sick about the massacre of innocent people, grandmothers and great grandmothers, no less, in a Pittsburgh synagogue because they were Jewish or were police officers defending them during worship services. I can't even believe I just typed "because they were...
Shake the Dust off of your Wings
I am home from daily walks on a farm road in the Hudson River Valley, to the windy wet beaches of Haines. A highlight of the trip was my Aunt's 90th birthday party. She is nimble minded, lives on her own, and stands up straight (as my yoga teacher says, one key to...
Out and About
My neighbor Betty has moved to Haines Assisted Living, and when I visit her there, she asks "What's the news on Mud Bay Road today?" Yesterday I told her a bear was on my daughter's deck next door at 7:00 am. "Black bear?" no, a brownie, I said and it was big (of...
Moose and Muppets
My artist friend Tresham was speaking through his magical puppets in a sing-song voice, one was a mermaid and one was a wild witchy woman named Esmeralda, or maybe she was Margarita? I did hear him say he gives them all a name like that. He was demonstrating a bit of...
Of Moose and Meditation
James Audubon observed, "When the bird and the book disagree, believe the bird." The book says moose eat the same way giraffes do, with their heads up high, plucking willow leaves, but I watched a cow standing up to her belly in a swamp sucking grasses and water for...