by lameredith | Jun 22, 2020 | Healing & Gratitude, Uncategorized
“Never miss an opportunity to keep your mouth shut,” a dear friend used to say. I’ve had too little success living that message. But as the world has turned on its ear, and more people of color have come forward to bear testimony to life as a minority in...
by lameredith | May 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
How are things in your world? Wherever you are, and however the world is in your immediate environment, I hope you’ll find a glimmer of peace. Mine have come during walks or when appreciating my new office mate (Oliver, right) while teleworking twice a...
by lameredith | Nov 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
I was so in need of a break before I set off for what we Alaskans call the Lower 48 some weeks back. Getting closer to retirement from a job I have loved and occasionally loathed, I’ve been searching for what comes next and where to live it. I’ve hoped for a place...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Uncategorized
How are you? Welcome! It’s June with a vengeance. With warmer temps and thicker wildfire smoke than I can remember in Alaska’s history, it’s one for the books. And movies. And podcasts. Due to the long and lovely summer days, I still have 6 hours of...
by lameredith | Dec 18, 2018 | Healing & Gratitude, Uncategorized
My return from South America was promptly eclipsed by the massive November 30th earthquake here in Alaska. I’d landed in Los Angeles from a brief layover in Peru when I turned on my phone to find a flood of texts. The first was from my youngest daughter, giving me a...
by lameredith | Jan 3, 2017 | Family & Celebrations, Uncategorized
Happy New Year! Just before the holidays, I spent some time discarding and donating stuff I no longer wanted when I came across this tattered list. It is an outline of wishes and goals I hoped for in my 39th year. It was just the distraction I needed to stop...