Mar 26, 2017 | Blog
My brain is rattled every time I sneeze or cough or the dogs bark, which are all often, as I have the flu, and I am caring for the grand dogs until their basketball star owners return on the ferry. ( And yes, the Haines Women won the Juneau Gold Medal tourney —...Mar 24, 2017 | Blog
I didn’t make it to Juneau yesterday. The snow began in earnest about the time I was due to fly out. But my daughters’ team won their game, and so the Haines Women will defend their Gold Medal tourney title Saturday night! The great good news is that all...Mar 22, 2017 | Blog
Maybe it is a sign of the off-kilter nature of these days that the egg I tried to balance on the the first day of Spring fell over. (I have heard you can do this on the equinox, as the earth is in balance. I have also read that with practice and the proper egg, anyone...Mar 19, 2017 | Blog
“The fast pace of our lives makes it difficult for us to find grace in the present moment, and when the simple gifts at our fingertips cease to nourish us, we have a tendency to crave the sensational.” — Macrina Wiederkehr Mar 17, 2017 | Blog
It is St. Patrick’s Day, maybe your birthday too, or a birthday of someone you once loved and lost. It could even be your due date, and you are now wondering, if you are in labor, do I give him or her (you probably already know the gender) an Irish name, or not,...Mar 16, 2017 | Blog
It may look like I am walking Pearl, but I am actually still in the Haines Borough Assembly meeting that began Tuesday at 6:30, recessed at 10:00pm, resumed at 1:00pm yesterday, and then recessed a little after 5:00pm, and will begin again Friday at 1:00pm, and...
