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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A Little Dinner with Friends

A Little Dinner with Friends

Chip and I went to get covid and flu shots yesterday. It’s hard to know what to do now that vaccines are a choice. I asked the nurse for help and she said it was my call and went to get the vaccines for Chip, who had no concerns. Recently, I took the dogs to the vet...

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December 1

December 1

My day began at 5:28 with a friend texting "Rabbbbit Rabbbbit HOLY MOLY it's December!?!"  I was up. Chip was already doing his calisthenics on the living room floor and Trixie had taken his warm spot on the bed as soon as he vacated it. Jeff was breathing dog breath...

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Kindness and Gratitude

Kindness and Gratitude

We have been busy-- Thanksgiving with the family was an event-- Of course this is the calm before the storm-- everyone serves up plates in the kitchen. One son-in-law fried a turkey and not only did he keep his eyebrows,  but  it tasted delicious. Another son-in-law...

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Sunday’s Thought

Sunday’s Thought

"Love is the story and the prayer that matters most."-- Brian Doyle This week, I was in Juneau with my daughter and son-in-law and baby Henry and toddling Emilia because Henry caught RSV and ended up in the ER and everyone was terrified and trying to be calm. (He's 6...

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Sunday’s Thought

Sunday’s Thought

"Wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its costs in things natural,  wild and free."  - Aldo Leopold

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Right on Time

Right on Time

This morning I woke to our first signifcant snowfall. (Although Mike, who delivers the dog food his wife makes, said yesterday they'd already had 42" at his place about 40 miles away out by the border, with a good 18" still on the ground.) It was a surprise to sink...

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Where’s Heather?

Where’s Heather?

Actually, I'm home now, sweeping up dog hair and unpacking and answering mail from a week away, mostly in NYC except for the traveling days (planes and ferries). It takes a few days coming and going to go from here to anywhere this time of year. My daughter Sarah...

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