Apr 9, 2010 | Blog
Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs has been chosen as an Indie Next Pick for June! This is the national organization of independent bookstores, so that’s good news. Booksellers make the picks and many wrote really nice things about it: “Reading Heather...Apr 9, 2010 | Blog
I’m a bit scattered. I had a column due yesterday and Jesse was here fixing the Internet and phone, and then Eliza needed help taking the second graders to the beach. (Lovely day, darling kids- write a column or skip rocks? You decide.) I ended up writing about...Apr 7, 2010 | Blog
Five years ago today, I was all ready to start the Hospice of Haines training– where I’d learn how to change a bed with someone in it, or use a walker, who to call when you need help in the middle of the night, and how to comfort someone without driving...Apr 6, 2010 | Blog
The 100th anniversary of anything is cause for much celebration. Certainly the 100th birthday of our town is a reason for dancing in the streets and big doings. Except we missed it. Haines was incorporated January 6, 1910. The other night at the borough assembly...Apr 5, 2010 | Blog
I promised to tell you more about Easter, and baby Caroline’s baptism, but I’m not sure how much. This is the tricky part of blogging- and writing for a living. The day and the events will make a good column, so it might have to wait to be...Apr 4, 2010 | Blog
So, the weekly is column is up. (It’s about the annual blessing of the fleet.) I already had a note from a friend in Arizona who said it sounds like I really could use a vacation– like yesterday. I didn’t think it was that bad. The good news is that...
