Jan 23, 2018 | Blog
So what do you take when the radio announcer- my friend Margaret- says there is a tsunami warning and the police want everyone to get to higher ground– above 100 feet- NOW? The dogs,my wallet, and phone. Oh, and the head lamp from the hook by the door. It was...Jan 18, 2018 | Blog
The stars are out this morning, the wind is cooler, and there is still ice underfoot but the beach sand is crunchy and frozen. Maybe the wetter days are behind us for a little while. The forecast is for cold, clear days. The winter has been a challenge, freezing one...Jan 16, 2018 | Blog
With all that’s in the news, and yesterday’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, I have been thinking about the ways we teach our children, accidentally and on purpose. So much of how we feel toward other races, nationalities, religions, languages–...Jan 14, 2018 | Blog
“The Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the...Jan 9, 2018 | Blog
The plan was to ferry home from Juneau Sunday or Monday. (It’s a minor miracle that there were 7:00am ferries north on both mornings.) After a day with Molly and James, and my daughter and her husband which flew by, I decided to wait until Monday, and so I...Jan 5, 2018 | Blog
The little dog Lily who was missing out on Chilkoot Lake was found safe and sound with much joy all around, which I take as a good omen for the first week of the year. While the rest of the country suffers from arctic weather and storms, it’s mild here in the...
