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My story of 2009

Not quite ALL about my 2009, because that would take a year to write. This only took several hours.
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Into the Woods

This is the first of what’ll probably be two or three posts about my trip last weekend to Spokane.  The main reason I went down there was to join my brothers Dave & Mark, sister Mer, nieces & nephew, & extended family in celebrating the lives of my mother, Rauha Elizabeth (neé Siukola) Green (1928—2005) [...]
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Blinks

On Facebook, my friend David has been thinking about blinks.  He posted a brief little meditation about it a few days ago, & this morning a wonderful short poem called “Blinking” that I wish I could post here but I haven’t asked him so I won’t.  But his poem led me to dig up a [...]
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Lauren Green sings

Last Saturday (April 4) I attended a concert at UAA of the winners and honorable mentions in two competitions held recently by National Association of Teachers of Singing Alaska (NATS): Classical Voice (held April 3–4) and Musical Theater (held February 28). My niece, Lauren, competed in the “upper avocation” division of both competitions. And guess [...]
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Legacy

Arrived back in Anchorage late Saturday night. Last night with my partner I watched a documentary about Ram Dass, “Fierce Grace,” which title refers to his 1997 stroke which has led him to experiences & realizations he otherwise could not have had. There was a very moving section of the documentary with the parents of [...]
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Green family

With Dad and Mom, Mer, Mark, and Dave. Columbia Falls, Montana. Abt. 1964. I’ve heard stories of families that, when a parent died, had all kinds of resentment or anger between family members over past wrongs and hurts. Well, we each have a share of hurts we’ve suffered from each other or given each other. [...]
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