Year of the Rabbit Ends, Year of the Dragon Begins Monday, January 23rd by Barbara Allen Hoa and Sherri , owners of Stanwood’s Dragon Palace remind us that those who made New Year’s Resolutions on January 1, but failed to keep them, or wish they’d gotten more for Christmas, have a second chance with...
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Meditative Memories on New Year’s Eve and Day by Barbara Allen It was pitch black darkest night. No moon, stars, or lights on either side of the ship… just infinite black “velvet”. After the MV Columbia left Sitka and headed south… tired, I’d slept through a midnight stop at Petersburg in my cabin, then...
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by Barbara Allen The handmade sign on the roadside of the Haines Junction to Haines road offered bannock bread, hot tea, and native storytelling. In an act of courage, which included several devout prayers, I turned my almost 50 ft. long rig consisting of a Class A Motorhome and towed car, onto the unpromising...
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by Barbara Allen The midwinter celebration we call Christmas began millennia before the birth of Jesus and did not exist until three centuries after his death when Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.  The earliest English reference to December 25th as Christmas Day was in 1043! There were, however, throughout the...
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