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Yup, all three of us kept our Haines Borough Assembly seats tonight.  Tresham Gregg, me, and Tom Morphet- by 100 votes.Yay!

I've been taking a lot of walks, which is one of the side effects of a new puppy who is learning to be house trained. But I did manage to get to the Presbyterian Church yesterday-- and that was the perfect choice. I am an Episcopalian through and through, and while I...

The CVN/ KHNS radio forum went well. You can listen to it here and decide for yourself if we are guilty as charged. The recall supporters declined to answer questions or speak in favor of it. Don Turner did sit in the audience, but refused to comment. I hope the...

I have been out of town is all--Way out of town. About as far as you can go-- to the Aleutian chain, Unalaska and the Port of Dutch Harbor, helping my daughter move in for her new job at the school there. There is very limited email and cell service, which, to be...

I was in Juneau for a wedding (more on that later) when Variety announced that my books are being turned into a semi-fictional TV drama series-- Here's the official scoop.  I really am excited (and a little nervous) to be part of all of this. I have a whole lot of...

Poet Maggie Smith writes that "the tall summer field is a keeper of secrets" in her poem Rasp, that arrived in my poem-a-day inbox yesterday. I haven't meant to keep secrets from you- but I had to leave home suddenly on the 4th of July and was too rattled by my...