Dec 1, 2018 | Blog
Alaska is so large that, when a properly scaled map (not the mini- version that has us floating off the edge of California in a box about the same size as the one Hawaii is also in) is superimposed on a map of the lower forty-eight, it extends to every border,...Nov 18, 2018 | Blog
“Give all that you can while you can, with whatever you have to give.Don’t hold back, but throw your arms wide open… give and give again while there is still time. You are not here to be a museum, but a carnival.” – Former Alaska bishop...Nov 13, 2018 | Blog
I tossed kindling on the coals and they lit, fed the dogs and let them out and in again ( it’s 40 degrees and raining), poured my coffee with cream and composed a Haiku on Olive, my new-old typewriter. The radio was on, Morning Edition from far away– the...Nov 11, 2018 | Blog
“Aren’t the clouds beautiful? They look like big balls of cotton… I could just lie here all day, and watch them drift by… If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud formations… What do you think you see, Linus?”...Nov 10, 2018 | Blog
I rarely light candles except at the dinner table or on birthday cakes and special occasions. But that ‘little light of mine’ tune has been noodling around in my brain all week. Maybe that means it’s time to celebrate the ordinary goodness of fall...Nov 5, 2018 | Blog
It’s election eve, and might as well be Christmas Eve because I’m so excited. I love voting, and I really love this feeling the night before, in part because I know this may be as good it gets– but that’s okay– because tonight, I’m...
