Jan 20, 2012 | Blog
I know we’ve just had the wedding a week ago, and we are all very happy– but this just-published January Woman’s Day column was writtten back when things were in limbo. Jan 20, 2012 | Blog
First, the weather. My fellow Mud Bay Roaders, we have made the news: …HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SATURDAY…LOCALLY VERY WINDY ALONG LYNN CANAL…ESPECIALLY ON MUD BAY ROAD.NORTH WIND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60...Jan 19, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday my daughter JJ (she’s student-teaching this semester in the Haines School and graduates from UAA in May) and I checked out the “ground failure” situation on Oceanview Drive and Lutak Road, right near my other daughter’s newly cleared...Jan 17, 2012 | Blog
A daughter’s wedding Friday, a granddaughter’s second birthday party Sunday, and Monday night an Arts Council potluck for “Asteria,” a husband and wife duo from Brooklyn who play the lute and sing early Renaissance music (actually 1350-1400...Jan 14, 2012 | Blog
Instead of Sunday’s Thought this week, I thought you might like the poem I wrote for my daughter’s wedding on Friday the 13th. It was lovely, and we are all very happy and very tired. (In a good way.) I’ll tell you all about it next week, but for...Jan 11, 2012 | Blog
I keep reminding myself that snow is not news in Alaska. But little Cordova down in Prince William Sound is all over the national papers, radio, and even TV. They have had 15.5 feet of snow this winter, but have run out of snow shovels. As of Sunday, Haines has had...