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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...
Sunday’s Thought
"When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love..." -- Marcus Aurelius Meditations
15 Minutes of Fame?
This morning I was on a radio show with Bruce Weber, the New York Times obituary writer who wrote the obit for the man who invented the Hokey Pokey, E.L. Doctorow, Edward Albee, Jonathan Demme.. to name a few-- He also wrote a book called Life is Wheel about cycling...
The Path of Totality
My friend was answering his phone "path of totality" this week, and it made me laugh-- as the lingo of the eclipse, like so many things, has other meanings in the wider world. Totality: wholeness, fullness, completeness, sum total, all, everything, the whole ball of...
Monday’s Thought
I never managed to get to Sunday's Thought yesterday, for all kinds of good reasons. Then this morning, my friend who has brain cancer and yet remains so cheerful and productive and generous with her time and talent, sent me these words from Gandhi. (She also brought...
Anchorage Trip & More
I will be in Anchorage on Thursday, September 7 from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm ( I note the hour because I have been up from 5-7 am a lot these days..) at the UAA Campus Bookstore, reading from my books and discussing "The Local and Community in Small Town Alaska Politics."...
Blessings
It was a late night waiting for the election results. The voting machines jammed, and the clerk wanted to be extra sure all the ballots were accounted for. The No Recall side won, 600 and some votes to 400 and change for all three of us. This morning at the pool it...