Blog for October 30th, 2007
I just returned from the Potato Ball Dinner at the Sons of Norway Hall. Rain is drumming on the roof in the familiar tattoo of October in Southeast Alaska.
The Hall was full tonight. Lots of families decided to take the chance with salty ham and soggy potato balls rather than cook [...]
Posts Tagged ‘winter’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged community, winter on November 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in community, radio, winter, tagged community, radio, winter on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Blog Entry for November 2, 2007
The wild winds on Halloween knocked down the last autumn leaves and now they are splattered across the wet pavement. I miss them like a friend who left town without warning. Sitting up at the radio station this morning, I read the local forecast on the air and it sounds [...]
Posted in Camp island, spirituality, winter, tagged Camp island, spirituality, winter on November 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Camp Island October 20
I wake before it is light this morning, feeling nourished by a good night’s sleep. Scott gets up to start the stove to heat up the cabin. The sun is slow to rise this morning. I take hot cocoa down to the end of the island and wait for the pink light [...]
Posted in poetry, winter, tagged poetry, winter on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Winter is coming quickly to Alaska. Frost rimes the plants on the muskeg and gale force winds blew down most of the bright leaves on the few maples in town. The dark season is coming..
Winter showed up yesterday
slouching in his open coat.
“hey, Winter” I say,
“I didn’t expect you quite so soon.
I’ve seen Darkness hanging around
and [...]
