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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Haines Police: “Stay Home”

Haines Police: “Stay Home”

I am very happy to be home, blizzard or no blizzard, after about ten days on the road --or more accurately off the road- as I was in Juneau to see the kids, Kodiak for writing talks at the school and library, and finally a quick overnight in Tenakee for the warm...

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She’s here!

Facebook friends know this because Auntie  JJ posted it via her phone there-- but yes, I have a healthy, 7lb. 8 oz. granddaughter-- that makes four! One more and Brian will have a whole family team, but I don't see another baby on the horizon for while, and certainly...

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On My Way to Juneau

Stoli thinks the baby may be coming "soon-ish", and since she's already 1/3 of the way there, I figure I better head down to Juneau soon-ish too, plus it will be nice to spend the weekend with three of my girls.  Of course I had hoped to be at the first choir practice...

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Labor Day? Not so Far..

My bet was the baby would arrive on Labor Day, but so far no signs in the night have indicated that. This baby just may be a full-term one after all. Wouldn't that be something? (Today she's 38 weeks pregnant, that's when Lani was born.) It is also more than a little...

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No Baby Yet

There's no baby yet, although we are starting a pool amongst the family of when she will arrive and what her name will be. My friends Nancy and Sue are still lobbying, as they have with each granddaughter now, for a little Nancy Sue, which I kind of like, since these...

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A Very Quiet Saturday

We have gone from this... to this... My daughter Stoli has flown from Anchorage to Juneau where she'll have the baby now, so apparently all is very, very well, with no more worries about an early delivery (she'll be 37 weeks on Monday) and she and her husband and now...

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Everything is Fine

Yesterday my daughter Sarah said I really have to check in, as you are worried something may be wrong. Everything is fine. My daughter  Stoli is still up in Anchorage, and that baby is still growing inside of her, so it has been a very big three weeks, development...

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