Window Thinking
If I was making a list of my anchors in Place (physical locations), I would probably include Morning Shade Farm. I have been picking berries on this particular U-Pick farm most summers for a very long time. Because the west side of Morning Shade runs adjacent to my uncle’s farm, which was my grandfather’s before …
One day last week I was out running on the Coastal Trail when I heard a familiar whirr behind me. It took me a pause to identify. It was not the sound of bloated fat bike tires rolling over pavement or the subtle hum of an ebike, but…. rather, a Segway!!! With the ever growing …
A home is not simply a building; it is the shelter around the intimacy of a life. –John O’Donohue, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace This house came available just when we needed it nearly 5 years ago. We pass it on now with deep gratitude for the shelter it provided our family.
We lived in a house at the western edge of town when our boys were young and Alaska was brand new (to us). From the other side of that gate We learned how to say home. That was before we left. And then came back. Sometimes I walk by and remember. See Also: Marking 6 Months and Finding Home …