Oct 28, 2012 | Blog
There are three defining events which make a family: weddings, births or adoption celebrations, and funerals. Of these three, the last one, it seems to me, is the one that cements those bonds–the one thing that confirms we are part of the tribe– by...Oct 24, 2012 | Blog
The Coast Guard suspended its search for Ted Lynch. That sad news came in a press release issued shortly before 8:00 p.m. Tuesday. Ted, a 62 year-old Haines fisherman, is my daughter’s father-in-law. He had promised to make the Thanksgiving turkey this year for our...Oct 22, 2012 | Blog
I have the Internet, public radio, a few good books, peanut butter, rice cakes, apples, Perrier and a huge flat screen TV to watch the debate and the baseball game on, which is a long way of saying I’m as comfortable as I can be away from home and that this is...Oct 19, 2012 | Blog
Here is my essay for this week’s Small Things Considered Feature on KHNS. Rosalie Loewen and Debi Knight-Kennedy are regular contributors too, if you’d like to do one, or more, contact Margaret at 766-2020, or email me and we’ll help you. When I...Oct 16, 2012 | Blog
The best guesses as to when the first snow will fall at sea level out the road are on the “snow board” at 33-Mile, and I’m afraid my friend Lea who lives out there didn’t win. She said in church on Sunday that she chose October 15. But...Oct 14, 2012 | Blog
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