Aug 11, 2011 | Blog
There is rain tapping on the metal porch roof, a fire in the wood stove, and salmon in the smokehouse. The tomatoes are ripe in the greenhouse and we ate our own brocolli with sockeye and a garden salad last night. One child is back at college, the rest are weary of...Aug 9, 2011 | Blog
Grandma Joanne is still sleeping, the crows are cawing in my cherry trees, Chip is singing in the shower, the tide is flowing past Pyramid Island like a river, Christian is grinding coffee, and John just called and asked, “What’s for breakfast, those hens...Aug 6, 2011 | Blog
” If I become a center of love and kindness in this moment, then in a perhaps small but hardly insignificant way, the world now has a nucleus of love and kindness it lacked the moment before.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn Aug 5, 2011 | Blog
A lot of folks have asked for a copy of Pete Lapham’s eulogy, so here it is. This is a big chunk of words for this format, and since I can’t figure out how to attach it as a file you can save and read later, I figured I’d just paste it in. I also...Aug 2, 2011 | Blog
I am writing Pete’s obituary today, so it was good to start the day with a little raspberry picking, watering the flower boxes, a walk on the beach with Phoebe and Forte, and some more raspberry picking… Aug 1, 2011 | Blog
We are all resting at our house after the Southeast Alaska State Fair, which we all agreed was one of the best, if not the best, in years. Dancing Friday night to the Curtis Delgado Chicago blues-style band from Portland, Chip kept laughing and saying, “look...
