Oct 27, 2017 | Blog
“This is what dogs give us– a connection. A connection to life on earth, to all that binds and cradles us, lest we begin to feel too alone.”–Patricia McConnell in For the Love of a Dog Oct 26, 2017 | Blog
The big news from the pool at yesterday’s early bird swim was frost on the windshield (scraping required before we arrived at 6:30, in the dark) and the beautiful sunrise (the sky lit up through the big windows in the corner). I swam thinking about the borough...Oct 20, 2017 | Blog
The forecast for tonight is for cloudy skies, and scattered rain and or snow showers. Which is why Shannon, who is organizing the annual Hospice of Haines “Light the Night” luminary remembrance walk at the Port Chilkoot Dock this year, sent out a...Oct 17, 2017 | Blog
A friend sings this song in the car in the morning as she leaves home: I have something in my pocket That belongs across my face. I keep it very close to me In a most convenient place. I bet you’ll never guess it If you guessed a long, long while. So,...Oct 16, 2017 | Blog
“When it’s time to die, go ahead and die, and when it’s time to live, live. Don’t sort-of-maybe live, but live like you’re going all out, like you’re not afraid.” ― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees ‘Live like you are not...Oct 12, 2017 | Blog
I won’t say I’m used to bad news– but certainly the headlines lately leave little room for optimism– the president is off the rails, Hollywood too, and fires and floods, mean-ness and murders in Las Vegas, injustice, misogyny, bigotry,...
