Scribblings

For years, whenever I had something big that needed to go into the trash can upstairs in my kitchen, I would instead walk it right down to the garbage can outside because I didn’t want to fill up the trash can too quickly. If I did, I reasoned, that would mean extra trips to the garbage can to empty it. Except, of course, it occurred to me today that I make so many more extra trips bringing the big things down to the garbage can that I was probably doing more than if I just dumped it in the upstairs

Today I learned that Reisling is not a beer. I learned that when the nice man at the liquor store explained to me that wine doesn’t come in a six pack.

Because their computer system is older than dirt and every time I go there they tell me I don’t own my e-mail address even though it’s the same one I’ve had for twenty years. Then they tell me they fixed it and that lasts until I try to make my next purchase one department over and they give me the same run around.

Then there is the fun delivery system. They call you and give you a number to call if the time they’ve set to arrive isn’t convenient. So you call and reschedule and they still show up at

I’m having a bad day and that seems to be the person everyone blames everything on. So I’m blaming my bad day on him. Shame on you Barack!

Today is the Catholic feast of the Immaculate Conception… or one of those Mary days. I remember this because it was my father’s birthday and because 18 years of Catholic schooling was bound to leave its mark no matter how hard I ran from it.

Trying to stay warm in mommy’s cold house on a winter’s morning while waiting for their breakfast.

Remember Bird TLC. Go to their website at birdtlc.net and help us help the wild birds of Alaska. An eagle will thank you and a snowy owl will promise not to crap on your car.

Yesterday he was sworn in as our lite gov, the first Alaska Native to win statewide office. We may only take small steps at a time, but clearly they eventually add up to big change.

I was listening to a news story the other night in which they spoke about people studying what will happen when the glaciers melt and I wondered how we got from IF the glaciers melt to WHEN the glaciers melt. So sad.