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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I Missed You

Last night at the Haines school spring concert the stage was decorated with colorful paper flowers and green paper grass made by Krystal Lloyd and her family. Krystal is a doer. She also organized the community Easter egg hunt, gathering and stuffing about 5,000 eggs...

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The Circle of Love

My daughter said the birth of her second baby was so much easier than the first, which is proof that something Biblical really does remove our memory when it comes to pregnancy, labor, and delivery. But in Juneau's Bartlett hospital on Saturday morning I did not want...

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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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