May 25, 2017 | Blog
A few days off (away from my desk) in the garden and hanging out with friends and family is just what I needed. I’ve been a little blue with the borough stuff and Song’s death, and am relieved that his wife Amy didn’t want to do the obituary this...May 22, 2017 | Blog
It’s clearing, I think, though still blowing hard from the south, and there’s a lot of standing water. The cherry blossoms fell like snow on the path. There may have been some real snow up high, but I won’t know for sure until I see a peak or two...May 17, 2017 | Blog
Of course sunshine helps, as does the tourist season, and construction season (the lumberyard is busy again), and fishing season is right around the corner and the fishermen in our family are gearing up for another commercial salmon season. The singing birds, and the...May 14, 2017 | Blog
It’s Mother’s Day, the day my mother always dismissed as a scam by Hallmark in order to sell cards. She must be rolling her eyes at me for thinking of her today. Her grave is at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, but my hunch, my faith, is that she’s no...May 9, 2017 | Blog
I know, I missed the health fair, and so have to hope that my daily tablespoon of cod liver oil is working, and the Hospice of Haines rummage sale did just fine without me too. ( 10,000! Wow! Thank you volunteers!) But I was able to babysit for James and Molly Friday,...May 5, 2017 | Blog
If this morning were any better I’d think I’d died and went to heaven– the sun, the wind, the birds, thousands of gulls like noisy confetti on the flats at Lutak when we pedaled by before most humans were stirring– and the eagles dozens of them...
