Jul 7, 2016 | Blog
Yesterday I did my weekly cruise ship book talk. Afterwards, while I was signing copies of Find The Good (Holland America Line buys my books from The Babbling Book store on Main St., and re-sells them on the ship, something we worked out before I agreed to go...Jul 6, 2016 | Blog
Haines is in the midst of an arts revival. I mean, we’ve always had a lot of artists, but thanks to Carol Tuynman and the Arts Confluence and the Art Place America grant, there’s a surge of public art, with much if it appearing in a kind of contagious way...Jul 3, 2016 | Blog
” ‘I’ll pray for you’, one person says to another as they part. I will join myself to you when I sit in the presence of God. I will intend your good in the stillness of my soul. I will long for your joy as I long for my own.”- Bishop...Jun 29, 2016 | Blog
So, I want to do better spiritually. I want to be more mindful, and live in the present, rather than be blown every which way by ill winds and worries about disasters in national, state, and local news, which all have me a little edgy, and to be honest, a tad...Jun 28, 2016 | Blog
The strawberries are out of control, although that’s hardly a problem. The school board meets tonight at 6:00 to hold a retention hearing, and that is always hard. Also, the borough assembly meets tonight at 6:30. If, like me, there is a lot going on in your...Jun 27, 2016 | Blog
I’m afraid I lost my temper in a meeting I thought was about food carts and trucks, and how to make them work for Haines while still supporting local eateries– but it turned into a discussion about vendors selling– or renting– stuff out of...
