Feb 19, 2010 | Blog
The other day someone called the fire department because there was smoke coming from the woods out by 7 Mile on the Haines Highway. When the fire department got there they looked at the deep snow between them and the fire, which was about a quarter mile up the slope...Feb 18, 2010 | Blog
The wolves began howling during the women’s downhill. Right after Lindsey Vonn won my husband let the dogs out and said to mute the TV and come stand by the door. Across the Chilkat River a whole pack was crying and howling. Although howl is not an adequate...Feb 16, 2010 | Blog
John just called, and said to be sure to eat a doughnut today so we’d have good luck all year. It’s a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition he said. His wife Cheryl is from Pa. I told him that in our church we eat pancakes and sausage tonight. It is Fat Tuesday (or...Feb 16, 2010 | Blog
We ate king crab tonight at my daughter’s house that her friend (and ours, and everyone’s really) Stuart caught this afternoon and cooked for us. It took a while for him to find the propane burner and the great big pot so he could boil the crabs on the...Feb 14, 2010 | Blog
When I told my daughter Sarah I wouldn’t be able to attend the basketball game, or hold the baby while she watched the Haines Lady Glacier Bears beat the Lady Wrangell Wolves again –the baby’s tiny ears are not ready for the noise of the...Feb 12, 2010 | Blog
Maya, who is about five, said to Sally, who is also about that age,”can we have a sleepover?” Sally’s mother Sara said “not tonight.” Then precocious Maya, who is tiny with lots of dark curly hair, said that she preferred sleeping with...
