Jun 27, 2015 | Blog
It’s been a big week. After re-testing, the town water turns out fine and perhaps always was. No one got sick and no babies or old people died. (I read too much about E.Coli outbreaks this week, as you can see.) I also said yes when Nelle called to ask if...Jun 26, 2015 | Blog
Boy is it windy– gusting to 55 knots at the Eldred Rock lighthouse. It was work walking Pearl into the wind this morning. But we friends and dogs walked with light hearts from just living in these historical times– what news– gay marriage is legal in...Jun 25, 2015 | Blog
Yesterday late afternoon the Borough announced that a routine test of the town water system found E.coli, and told users to boil water for cooking and drinking (and I would add bathing babies), for two minutes. I think the test was taken Monday, and the results came...Jun 23, 2015 | Blog
My mother used to say that my quiet husband (especially around his in-laws) didn’t say much, but what he said was “pithy.” I thought about that when on Sunday morning Chip looked at the Fort Seward Parade Grounds, where the night before hundreds of...Jun 21, 2015 | Blog
A year ago on Father’s Day, the day after the annual Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay, we were at Harborview trauma center in Seattle and a team of doctors were figuring out how to put Chip’s pelvis, ribs, and lung back together after a horrible...Jun 17, 2015 | Blog
Well, this a first– my walking pal and I were too busy this morning to meet at the same time and walk the dogs together– she had to make breakfast in two shifts for her house guests, Chip and I had to fix the lawn mower and make granola so I could cut the...
