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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Nov 13, A Lucky Walk on the Chilkat

Nov 13, A Lucky Walk on the Chilkat

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now and we don't where the heck she is.- Ellen DeGeneres 10:30 am, Monday Nov. 13.  31 degrees. Cloudy, light NW breeze. Almost high tide. (Notice the 13 and 31? It's my lucky day.)...

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Housekeeping

I am in the process of moving stuff from an old computer to a new one-- and getting the devices to"talk" to each other-- but I may have lost some of your emails in the process. So if I haven't responded to a note, please re-send it. Once this gets set, it will be...

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Caroline Meets James

Caroline and I took the ferry to Juneau Sunday so she could meet baby James, and stayed until Wednesday. It was a kind of big being gone for that long-- as she said "three sleeps"-- away from her parents and little sister Ivy, and Caroline is only four. "James is like...

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Sunday’s Thought on Gaining an Hour from Scott Simon

"You could use it to listen to something new, read something you're sure you'll disagree with, or stop and talk to someone whom you would otherwise pass by."-Scott Simon Yesterday I was cleaning the greenhouse for the winter; removing the husks of...

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Souls in the Wind

Halloween has come and gone, and I have survived. I am costume challenged, and easily spooked, so it has never been a favorite holiday for me, is that terrible to admit? Part of it is inherited, my mother was not a fan either. I love the Mexican equivalent, the Day of...

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Happy Thursday

In the mornings these days Chip does his  physical therapy and rides a stationary bike and I head out to the pool. (The early bird swim is 6-7:45 MWF.) "It's social," I tell him, and hope that's true, never mind that with goggles and a cap on and with all of us with...

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It’s Good You Are Here

On Saturday the women's choir sang "Precious Memories" and "How Great Thou Art" at the graveside funeral for Rowena Jones. Her daughter, Stacie Turner, asked us to just before rehearsal Thursday so we had one practice with the songs. (We knew  the old hymn, but the...

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