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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Moose Reading

Moose Reading

We spent the first week of the hunt at a sturdy cabin but today we are off to a tent (a big tent, but still) up the river. When I voiced concern about the food and bears Chip said there are more bears in my backyard than up there, and certainly in town. It's true. The...

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Hearts Breaking, Again.

Looking toward the Kicking Horse this morning I said a prayer for Aaron and for his mother, especially. The 31 year-old SEABA heli-ski guide from Oregon who was caught in an avalanche up there Saturday has died from his injuries. His family donated his organs. There's...

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Local News

As my editor Tom at the Chilkat Valley News reminds me, news is when things don't  go the way they are supposed to.Haines has been making news lately. We are all still waiting word from the radio station on the fate of Aaron Karitis, a 31 year-old Oregon based heliski...

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A Memorial Ski Race

    I was in the first annual Dennis Miles Memorial 10K on Saturday. (Which turned out to be more of an 8K, but that was fine.) I hadn’t planned on entering, rather figured I’d just putz after the start, but my husband, who has organized his share of community running...

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Sunday’s Thought

An Irish Prayer:   These things, I warmly wish for you- Someone to love, some work to do, A bit of o' sun, a bit o' cheer. And a guardian angel always near.  

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Back to Life

I'm coming back to life after the flu that won't quit. I hate being ill, I am too healthy for this. Oh well. Here is what you need to know--  best selling Alaskan author Don Rearden is speaking at the library today at 4, don't miss him-- if that's possible for you--...

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It is Good that You Are Here

Here is something to try that may help you deal with situations that are less than ideal that I learned from my hostess this weekend in Fairbanks. She said her Lenten practice is to remind herself that she is in these places-- these sick rooms, these contentious...

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