I live and write on Lingít Aaní, and gratefully acknowledge the past, present and future caretakers of this beautiful place, the Jilkaat Kwaan and Jilkoot Kwaan.

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After the Deluge

After the Deluge

It looks like we may have a few hours of sun after all the rain, and I am heading out now to plant some of Sabine's bulbs. Sabine (pronounced Sabina) is one of those avid gardeners that has a calling for encouraging the rest of us to at least try to add fancy plants...

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Manic March

Here are a few things to know for Tuesday: Wear your ice grippers, I know they may be a pain to get on and off your boots, but they are better than a broken elbow and we are not out of the woods at all, ice wise. it looks like spring, but at 10 degrees and blowing 25...

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Sunday’s Thought

"I like to think of myself as a person who catches these pieces. That I reach out and grab the songs that are coming out of my mouth."-- Bobby McFerrin  

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Gold Seeking

Chip is watching the news, and sees the rusty cans of gold coins worth about ten million dollars a woman walking her dog found in her backyard. She's been walking by the same tree they were buried under for years, apparently. He's also reading The Luminaries, a big...

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KHNS Survey Time

I just took the KHNS radio survey-- I love surveys-- especially opinion surveys. I even like those calls at dinnertime asking me about Alaska politics, which was why I was disappointed a few minutes ago when someone who called asking for my husband Chip, but called...

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Happy Tuesday

February really is the month of love this year-- The sun! The snow! The wins and grins! Skiing at Chilkoot is so great we keep going back out across the lake-- and we are not the only ones-- Everyone who has been has gone back. I mean, honestly, I have to pinch myself...

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Sunday’s Thought

"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love  one another."-  Observed Jonathan Swift in 1711

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