Blog as Confessional or, Don’t Be So Crabby!

Michelle proves time and time again that it doesn’t take a fool to marry one.

While I was out of town, she and Aly kayaked out to the mouth of the bay to check the crab trap. They fished for fresh bait to replace the old, but didn’t catch anything They didn’t want to carry the trap with the kayak, so they dropped it with an empty bait bucket, and went home. Continue reading →

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Charlie Anway Gives the Gift of Autumn

Tuesday, I truly became immersed in Autumn, thanks to one of our most famous and beloved Hainesites, Charlie Anway.

I’d driven Aly and my brother and sister-in-law to town for Aly’s weekly volunteer session at the Sheldon Museum. I had no particular errands in town until Michelle called to tell me that she’d heard a “listener personal” on the radio saying that locals were now welcome to pick apples from the Charlie Anway tree in the museum’s front yard. I headed right over. Continue reading →

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