May 16, 2010 | Blog
The sun is out, my kids are home, and I’m leaving soon for all points south so, if you want to know more about Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs read this interview at The Alaska Dispatch. I’ll write more, soon, I promise. But there are moose...May 14, 2010 | Blog
All five of my children are now safe in Haines. The two big girls, women really, already live here, but the three college kids are back. The house smells like bacon and eggs and the music is up loud. The shoes in the mud room have multiplied and there are guitars on...May 12, 2010 | Blog
There’s plenty being written and spoken about the former governor, but I may be one of the few lucky people that know he began each day with a ‘hip-hip-hooray.’ In Alaska, and probably everywhere by now, Governor Walter Hickel may be best for...May 10, 2010 | Blog
Last year for Mother’s Day my children sat me down and said they had a surprise, I was going to be a grandmother. I surprised them by asking which one was about to be a parent. At the the time my four daughters and one son were between 18 and 26. It seemed a...May 7, 2010 | Blog
At least now when people say I’m a Kumbaya singing why-can’t-we-all-get-along softie, they will be right. I sang Kumbaya today at Haines Assisted Living with Liz and her guitar and the folks that live there. It’s a nice song, really, once you get...May 6, 2010 | Blog
We babysat Caroline Cooper last night, her dad calls her CC. We call our daughter Joanna Jeanne, JJ. This got me thinking of community nicknames. I think it is a Haines and Klukwan thing. Fireman Al, Alex the Shovel, Pizza Joe, Whoopie Sam, Leo the Logger. I wrote an...
