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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Dec 19 Good Morning Sunshine!

Dec 19 Good Morning Sunshine!

“Every day, God brings up the sun so we feel warmth, circulates the air so we can breathe, brings rain so that we have water to drink and in return asks us essentially for just two things: First, a little gratitude, and second to spread the love.”—Clark Warner, Marsh...

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Yikes. That was close!

I don't have a picture of the fire that almost took off and burned the beach and our houses down this morning-- because I was a little involved in putting it out instead. A campfire up by the trail to the road by the old Baha'i Center was left smoldering last night,...

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Gratitude

Do you ever wake up feeling so grateful that everything actually turned out as planned, and that for a little while, all is right with the world? I have been a tad PTSD-ish for the last ten days or so in anticipation of the bike race- the Kluane to Chilkat...

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Sunday’s Thought

"None of us is being treated fairly if we're not all being treated equally."-- Gloria Steinem But how do you make that happen, in both large and small ways? A good, doable place to begin is, as Gloria Steinem also told student's at my husband's and daughter's old...

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Flying By the Seat of my Pants

When the email didn't work this week, I figured the internet was down all over town, and to tell you the truth, was kind of relieved. My house is full-- with Eliza and baby James and JJ and for a bit her husband, and then their Haines sisters and children are here,...

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Who is the Boss of This Place?

When my children were small, they used to ask "who is the boss of this place?" and I'd answer "I am" or "your father is" if I needed back-up. It's a good thing to know. Tom Morphet asked a similar question in an editorial in the Chilkat Valley News two weeks ago,...

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Sunday’s Thought

"There is a faith in morningtime, there is belief in noon. Evening will come whispering and shine a bright round moon."   -- From the children's book All in a Day by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Nikki McClure. (I read it to the girls in a quieter moment from...

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