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Light Perpetual Shines on Pearl
" I couldn't believe that she was gone...I could feel that something huge, a tide, had washed in, and then washed out." - Anne Lamott on the death of her old dog. Yesterday we buried Pearl. We weren't home when she died in January, and it was deep winter, so the kids...
A Few Small Stones
Poet Mary Oliver says praying, writing, creating, living your life in a meaningful, courageous, and as with most writers, a public way-- we stick our hearts out-- doesn't have to be the "blue iris" and that "a few small stones" will do. As a gatherer of rocks and...
Wednesday’s Thought?
"People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back." --Alice Walker, The Color Purple My week has gotten away from me, what with hours spent prepping for and acting in the library's literary...
Stormy Dog Walk Postcard
"This is what dogs give us-- a connection. A connection to life on earth, to all that binds and cradles us, lest we begin to feel too alone."--Patricia McConnell in For the Love of a Dog
Pretty Good Thursday
The big news from the pool at yesterday's early bird swim was frost on the windshield (scraping required before we arrived at 6:30, in the dark) and the beautiful sunrise (the sky lit up through the big windows in the corner). I swam thinking about the borough...
Light the Night
The forecast for tonight is for cloudy skies, and scattered rain and or snow showers. Which is why Shannon, who is organizing the annual Hospice of Haines "Light the Night" luminary remembrance walk at the Port Chilkoot Dock this year, sent out a cheerful note to...
Tuesday’s Song
A friend sings this song in the car in the morning as she leaves home: I have something in my pocket That belongs across my face. I keep it very close to me In a most convenient place. I bet you'll never guess it If you guessed a long, long while. So, I'll take it...