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Why I Wake Early
“Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.”- Mary Oliver from her poem "Why I Wake Early." “Our fundamental connection to one another, the raft through the sorrow, the holding through the grief joy is, reminds us, again and again, that we belong not...
Sunday’s Thought
“There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing a burst of laughter from one of my children's rooms - when I feel a...
Blame it on the Moon and May.
It is May first. The weather feels more like March 15, with cold southerly gales and stubby brown grass and black branches, but there are signs of spring: hawks, bears, a cow moose moving in the woods, and rafts of ducks and scoters. There are boxes of nice stuff...
Sunday’s Thought
"Listen to no voice except your own. Ask yourself nothing about whom you hate. Ask only what you love, and what sustains you. And protect that."- Seth Kantner
The Right Wrong Number
I was working on Lola Vogel's obituary when I answered the phone. (Lola was 95 and passed peacefully of old age. The service is Saturday at 2 at the Presbyterian Church.) "Crystal?" "Nope. This is Heather. You must have the wrong number." "Oh, hi Heather, it's Barb."...
Dear Gentle Readers, Thank you.
And so, dear gentle reader, You see, by all the rules, That earth's whole population Except ourselves are fools. - Abner Cosens The nicest thing about knowing you, and keeping in touch, and sharing my ideas and thoughts and schedules of life in my family and this...
What You Need to Know for Monday
"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, Our Town It's a wet start to a busy week in Haines. But April showers bring May flowers, and it's supposed...