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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Chip has been my best friend for years. It was just the two of us in Alaska, with no family and I wanted a big one here so far from where we were from, so we had all these kids (5), and he was busy at the lumberyard everyday, all day, and I was at home holding down...

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A Few Thoughts on Holy Week

Today begins a kind of marathon church session for some of us, with Maundy Thursday services tonight, Good Friday tomorrow evening, the Easter Vigil Saturday night at 10, and then Sunday morning Easter services. All offer moments for reflection, prayers, grief and...

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Finding the Good

It's a little slow around here this morning, since the guy who usually wakes us all up slept in. Chip had to go to the ferry last night about midnight to help other Arts Council members pick up the Thodos dance troupe from Chicago. Actually, they came from Skagway and...

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Sunday’s Thought: a hymn for sunny April.

"Now thank we all our God, with heart, and hands, and voices, who wondrous things things hath done, in whom his world rejoices."-- Words to the hymn Nun danket alle Gott,  by Martin Rinckart (1596-1649).

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Lots Going On. Mark Your Calendars.

 I have a to-do list a mile long before I babysit Caroline after lunch-- and you should make your list of stuff happening in Haines too, if you are here,  so you don't miss anything--and if you are not, know that we are all crawling out of hibernation. Do you think it...

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The Mess of Children, A Poem for Thursday.

Here is the thing: There is nothing like the mess of small  children.  Hurricanes have nothing on them. The boots  askew on the floor. The little coats and hats and suits draped on tables and chairs.  The many, many things they need to survive at grandma's all akimbo...

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Looking for a Few Good Questions

 I have been a little stuck lately on my new book. (Okay, I've threatened to give the advance back and apply for a job at the pre-school.) No, this in not writer's block. I don't believe in that. It has more to do with the topic-- life lessons, or some stuff I know...

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