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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Of Moose and Masks

Of Moose and Masks

On the way to Florida I was apprehensive. I pay attention to the news and it's not all sunny down there. But there was no rumble on the flight. No one needed to be whacked with a coffee pot. In Publix, the big grocery store, there were masks and no masks, but the vibe...

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Breezy Morning

First, a little photo essay from the trip home from Morning Muscles at 7am. It's light out, anyway. Summer can't be that far off, can it? (After some coffee I'll write something brilliant, pithy and newsy. I've been in a snow cave for a few days trying to write a...

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March is Coming in Like a Roaring Siberian Tiger.

 Just reading the marine weather forecast makes me cold, and a little alarmed, here it is: NORTHERN LYNN CANAL-   400 PM AKST MON FEB 28 2011 ...STORM WARNING TUESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND INCREASING TO 45 KT LATE....

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Sunday’s Thought

I received a letter this week from Berkshire, England. It was addressed "Mrs. Heather Lende, (I'm sure this will reach you!) Haines, Alaska U.S.A. When I told  my friend Debra that I was so pleased that our small-town post office had delivered it without my PO box...

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A Quiet Morning

 I'm still writing, writing, writing, as Eloise would say, but I took a few pictures on the walk home from Morning Muscles  I thought you might like. I think of these little photo albums as picture stories. My camera has become a visual notebook, which is kind of...

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Here Comes the Sun, and the Gold is in the Ratings

It's been two weeks since I've attended Morning Muscles, what with traveling and the flu that's been going around keeping our flexible and fit instructor Marnie bed bound-- but the good news is that it was light when we finished at seven, so I left the car at the...

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