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The importance of place
On the ferry Malaspina coming, home from Alaska, most of the passengers were military families being moved from Alaska to some other place. There were single men and women and couples but a lot of the military families had children … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Memoir
Tagged Airplanes, Alaska, Andover, Haines AK, military transfers, old houses
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At sea
Last Tuesday Jerry and I sat in our small but comfortable cabin (“Stateroom”) sipping Malbec, nibbling cheese and crackers and looking out the window at any passing lights. It was only 5:30, but completely dark, since we were on Alaska … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Day to day
Tagged Fery Malaspina, Haines AK, ocean liners, travel by ship
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To the Ferry
We started on Friday morning. It had snowed the night before, and the road was white with snow and fog. The stunted spruce were silhouetted against the sunrise. We stopped the first day in Tok, and next day saw the … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Day to day
Tagged Alaska, Alaska Ferry, Alcan Highway, Haines AK, The Ferry Malaspina
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Walking in the woods
When we leave Manley in less than a week to begin the journey home the thing I will miss the most is our walk in the woods. Every day between 3 and 4 in the afternoon we walk up the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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You win some, you lose some
When we began our drive in Haines it was autumn. There was still color in the trees. But we quickly transitioned to winter as we drove north and inland. We stopped the first day at Destruction Bay (in Canada) where … Continue reading
Sailing to the frozen north
We lined up for the ferry: the M/V Malaspina from Bellingham, Washington to Haines, Alaska. The wait was so long that little communities formed along the lines of waiting cars. We were supposed to board at 3 and depart at … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Day to day
Tagged Alaska Ferry, How Excellent and Civilized Are We, Sitka, Tony Tengs
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Life in the fast lane
The anniversary of my second year of blogging slipped past without my marking it with a post. But it was marked with a big blogging event. I had a visit from 2 of my favorite bloggers. Tessa of Nuts and … Continue reading
Posted in Day to day
Tagged Add new tag, blogging, Capella's Pursenalities, painting, parties
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The show is almost over
Here are some of the pictures in my recent show. It is a 2 person show with another island artist, Ingrid McGarry. We called it The Northwest World, so all of the pieces shown were from the northwest. I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, Uncategorized
Tagged Oil paintings, painting in public, selling art
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Babies and birthday parties
Yesterday I attended the 1st birthday party for my great-grandson. It was at a park near Seattle, a 2 hour drive from where I live, but I am glad I went. The weather, which had threatened to be unkind, cleared … Continue reading
Time and Tide
When we walked the dogs the other evening Jerry and I watched the full moon rise above the eastern mountains. As it cleared the peaks of Sisters I had a sudden awareness of the earth turning rapidly. We came around … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged extinction, geologic time, J. D. Macdougall, Kenneth Harl, Middle Ages, Philip Daileader, Vikings
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