May 14, 2012 | Blog
Well, Saturday’s Chilkat River Walk was more like a wet wrestle with the elements, what with the rain and wind– gusts to 35 mph, the weather service said, but I think they were higher. (This is no doubt why the season’s first Farmers Market held...May 14, 2012 | Blog
Still waiting on the new grand baby, which is fine, since she is not due until Saturday. (Although I know Sarah would like her to arrive sooner, since she has to wait in Juneau to be near the hospital and would rather be home.) I figured if I scheduled Pearl’s...May 13, 2012 | Blog
A Mother’s Day holiday was first envisioned in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe (of the Battle Hymn of the Republic fame) who was still reeling from the carnage of the Civil War when the Franco-Prussian War broke out, when she declared that there should be a day where...May 11, 2012 | Blog
It is a kind waiting day– waiting for the rain and wind to stop so I can garden, waiting for Sarah to have the baby, waiting for the temperature to warm-up so the chicks can move to the coop, waiting for the inspiration to write something brilliant for the new...May 9, 2012 | Blog
I am a little out of touch thanks to trips to Florida and then Anchorage and the arrival of our son and his friend from Mt. Baker this week (for the summer) and the tiny worry about when I’ll head to Juneau to care for grand daughter Caroline while daughter...May 8, 2012 | Blog
I had just about the best seat in the Sullivan Arena for my daughter JJ’s graduation from the University of Alaska Anchorage on Sunday, and certainly the best I’d had when her three older siblings graduated from Bowdoin, Washington State, and CU Boulder....
