Jan 14, 2011 | Blog
I know, that’s kind of a mouthful, and after the tragedy in Tucson and the President’s eulogies at the memorial, topical. But by coincidence, this was the subject of the fourth Community Matters forum last night at the library. We spent the evening learning (or...Jan 13, 2011 | Blog
I’m afraid re-entry has been a little bit of a shock on my intestines, or that I have brought back a little bit of Mexico and it really doesn’t want to stay in my stomach. It’s a good thing it is so cold that staying in bed with tea is not a bad...Jan 12, 2011 | Blog
The forecast in Haines is for severe winter weather, winds to fifty knots, high temperatures in the single digits and lows below zero, which is really cold here in town by the seaside. It will be well below zero out the road. And this is the weekend the snowmachiners...Dec 31, 2010 | Blog
Hi, here is my January Woman’s Day column. And this is the last time you’ll hear from me for about ten days. Things are a bit crazy here, as the Lendes are doing something we have no practice at- taking a family vacation. We did this once, years ago, when...Dec 29, 2010 | Blog
We are chin-deep in the post-holiday doldrums with the flu and the snow and the somewhat tattered Christmas decorations. One section of lights on the tree is out. Chip just said, “When they ask me why I’ll leave my wonderful wife I’ll say because no...Dec 28, 2010 | Blog
I think it was Einstein who said that a hundred times a day he was reminded that his inner and outer life were dependent on the labors of other people, living and dead. Maybe he wrote that thought down on a snowy January morning, well before dawn, when the plow truck...
