Mar 14, 2012 | Blog
Everyone in town was talking about the accident yesterday, an avalanche that killed a 35-year-old Colorado heli-ski guide and badly injured a client, apparently, although news on the survivor is still sketchy, according to Trooper Josh on the KHNS radio news. It was...Mar 12, 2012 | Blog
Algonquin Books, my wonderful publisher (I mean that, they are great) has just jumped into the ebook world. I have mixed feelings about this, as I am a real book person. I love holding them, looking at them, moving the piles of them all around my house. At Christmas...Mar 11, 2012 | Blog
Mary Oliver wrote, “Real prayers are not the words, but the attention that comes first.” I think the same is true of gratitude. It is not in the saying of “thank you,” of course that is always nice, and a proper response to most anything–...Mar 10, 2012 | Blog
As you can imagine, it has been a little busy around here. What with the baby being born, Chip’s trip to see Grandma Joanne in Florida, Eliza is here now too taking the wilderness medicine class while I babysit her much higher energy Golden Retriever than my...Mar 7, 2012 | Blog
Well, this sure is good news for heliskiers– and for the keepers of the record books– Winter Storm Warning URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF…HAINES …WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...Mar 6, 2012 | Blog
It is hard to believe that it has only been a week since I left for Sitka with a hunch that the baby was coming– and now we are home safe with her. The ferry arrived at 4:30 this morning. (Chip is back too, he flew in from visiting great-grandma Joanne in...