Feb 11, 2010 | Blog
Yup, you read right. There is now a real, honest to goodness Haines Tuxedo, and I’m not talking about Dan Henry’s Salvation Army dinner jacket or Lee Heinmiller’s T-shirt with the tux design on it. North Face has a brand new heli-ski suit called...Feb 11, 2010 | Blog
This morning I had nice notes from an undertaker in Plano, Texas (it is snowing there),he said he knows what I mean when I say I snowshoe with the departed; and a special-ed teacher with a dog named Carla, after the “Good Dog Carl” books, just like my...Feb 10, 2010 | Blog
The moose was about three feet from the window when Forte started barking. There is a difference in a friendly, ” I really need to go out” or ” someone’s at the door” bark and a moose in the yard bark. Also, when there’s a moose in...Feb 9, 2010 | Blog
My friend Annette sent an email inviting me to audition for a play, C.B. Gilford’s “Bull in a China Shop” being put on by Lynn Canal Community Players. In her note, Annette said it was about six little old ladies who are smitten by a handsome young...Feb 7, 2010 | Blog
When Greg looked at the Olympic torch that the newspaper editor, Tom, had made for him to carry while he ran around the skating rink at the fairgrounds, he frowned. It was an alder branch spray painted gold, with a coffee can on the end (also painted gold) that was...Feb 6, 2010 | Blog
Haines has more snow than Whistler, that’s what organizers of the Third Haines Winter Olympiad say, and from the view out my back door, it seems correct. The games begin today at 11 (and end before the boys home basketball game tonight) with the lighting of the...
