Dec 16, 2009 | Blog
Three cheers for Lenise Henderson-Fontenot who has bucked the seasonal Haines trend by opening a Main Street store instead of closing one. The Rusty Compass coffee and gift shop is open afternoons until Christmas. It is a nice cozy place to meet friends and watch...Dec 16, 2009 | Blog
It is still dark, and I am listening to the sounds of my house waking up. The radio is on in the kitchen and in the upstairs bathroom. My son is playing his guitar and singing “A Boy Named Sue”. My husband has come up from the cellar and says to three of...Dec 14, 2009 | Blog
On my way to jog I checked on the chicken coop. I unplugged the electric fence, scooped some cracked corn and layer mix into the feeder and found one cool egg in the laying boxes. Four hens, one egg a day. Production is low right now. I forgot about the egg until I...Dec 13, 2009 | Blog
The pines are the preferred tree by old-timers and those in the know, because their needles are soft, they last longer in the house, and I suspect, because they are really hard to find and even harder to cut safely. It must be kind of fun to tell someone unfamiliar...Dec 12, 2009 | Blog
This week’s column is up at the Alaska Dispatch. They are posted every Friday night. It is a busy day today, we are off to skate at 11 mile ( I will wear a helmet) find a Christmas tree somewhere up on the ledges out there, stop in at the museum open house,...Dec 11, 2009 | Blog
Tomorrow evening at the Legion the Haines Uglys (yes, that’s how they spell it) –formerly the U.M.F.s, which stands for exactly what you might guess, thus the name change– will host their annual Grub for Gifts party. It’s an all you can eat...
