Dec 1, 2009 | Blog
Sorry to be quiet today. I got locked out of my blog and couldn’t get back in. These cyber offices are not for the forgetful. Write passwords down and put them someplace besides the pile of papers on your desk. It’s late, but here are a few things you...Nov 30, 2009 | Blog
I was feeling well enough to stand up and make turkey soup yesterday, but felt like I’d climbed Mt. Ripinsky afterward, not the good tired, the sore muscle tired. Then I saw a note from my friend Doris Ward. She gave me some tips for Duly Noted, if you have an...Nov 28, 2009 | Blog
Just kidding, I’m feeling a little better today, I’m cool instead of hot, and can swallow. But I understand now how the influenza in 1919 (I think that was the year) killed more people than battles did in WW I. Also, I wanted to let you know that...Nov 27, 2009 | Blog
Thanksgiving was going to be a small enough crowd this year to sit down at the table. The Nashes were having their own dinner, with all twenty of them, but two of the girls got stuck in Juneau as there was no ferry Weds. and a snowstorm kept planes grounded. But...Nov 24, 2009 | Blog
I’m not really in the real news business. But my friend Tom, the editor of the Chilkat Valley News did make me think yesterday, when he noted that my work this week for the paper is not the kind of news I usually write about. We were upstairs above Main...Nov 23, 2009 | Blog
We baptized baby Aurelia Trinity yesterday at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Mission. Her young parents Franny and Addison used to live here and came up from Juneau for the blessed event. And yes, this was literally a blessed event, there were all kinds of...