Oct 16, 2016 | Blog
From “Angels”, a poem by Mary Oliver: “I don’t care how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. It’s enough to know that for some people they exist, and that they dance.” This weekend we celebrated two birthdays in our family,...Oct 12, 2016 | Blog
It was 28 degrees this morning. Which means I have to put the garden to bed. Now. Luckily it’s so beautiful out that this is hardly a chore. Especially when I recall all those Octobers when I did this in the cold rain. Speaking of cold and windy weather, it...Oct 10, 2016 | Blog
In the women’s locker room at the pool this morning at 6:30 there was, as usual, not a whole lot of talk, but enough to make a person feel better for rising early, scraping the frost off the car for the first time this fall, and taking the plunge for a few laps....Oct 9, 2016 | Blog
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” ― E.B....Oct 5, 2016 | Blog
Dear Haines, Thank you! KHNS NEWS: In the six-way race for two Haines Borough Assembly seats, Heather Lende and Tom Morphet garnered the most votes. Preliminary election results show Lende with 483 votes and Morphet with 423. Incumbent Diana Lapham came in third with...Oct 3, 2016 | Blog
Why did I decide to run for Haines Borough Assembly? As if I don’t have enough going on? It’s sort of a long story– My husband and I came to Haines in early 1984 so he could work for the sawmill. Chip was trained as a forester, and has...
