Dec 9, 2012 | Blog
I’ve been banging around in the dark this morning thumbing through old notes and books of poems, hymnals, prayer books, The Rule of Benedict, essays– looking for a wise thought. There are a lot of writings on Advent, winter, solstice, solitude,...Dec 6, 2012 | Blog
It’s a lovely, warmer, snowy morning, and the wind has died down. It was so quiet last night I couldn’t sleep, but my neighbor was up early and it was her turn to drive to 6am Morning Muscles, and with the snow she was concerned about getting there before...Dec 5, 2012 | Blog
If you haven’t seen this already, here’s Steve Vick’s Black Friday in Haines shopping (sort of) video. You’ll love it. We do. Dec 4, 2012 | Blog
I think the wind blew even harder last night than it did yesterday, and I know the drifts in the Fort are pretty impressive. My friend Fran and I busted through them in my Subaru to get to Morning Muscles at six. Luckily there was a lot of stretching. Last night Pearl...Dec 3, 2012 | Blog
I woke thinking of that children’s poem, “Who has seen the wind, neither you nor I,” since it’s wrong, and I can see the wind and have been able to for about a week, although this morning’s snow especially, filled in the breezy spaces on...Dec 2, 2012 | Blog
“How can this be? Such calm, such peace, such solitude in this world of woe?” – David Budbill (From a poem, The Sixth of January.)
