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...Jan 2, 2018 | Blog
The cold and clear weather made for a few perfect (well, it’s all relative) days of skating to close 2017. And just like the year itself, there were a few lows, but such highs that I wanted to cheer– I mean just look at this place. A person can’t...Dec 22, 2017 | Blog
It’s funny that the darkest day of the year was one of my brightest. I’ve been running full speed on obituaries and borough stuff and family and the dogs and Christmas– work– the whole year it seems has been a blur– and then I had all...Dec 17, 2017 | Blog
“Imagine you can disagree without someone being wrong.” It’s the third Sunday in Advent, and in the bulletin in church today there were some suggestions for loving our neighbors (and everyone else) as well as we do ourselves, that came from the...Dec 14, 2017 | Blog
The other night, as I watched the primary school Christmas concert in the Chilkat Center, when all the children in grades K-4 in our town were on the stage in that one place, all together, singing for us, I suddenly was afraid. Afraid something terrible might happen...Dec 12, 2017 | Blog
I have been on vacation is all, cycling in Tucson with Chip for a week. On day three I said, “I feel guilty– no borough meetings, no blogs, hardly any emails– nothing but riding bikes in the sunshine, eating good food, soaking in the hot tub, and...