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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Sunday’s Thought

Sunday’s Thought

May I live this day compassionate of heart, clear in word, gracious in awareness, courageous in thought-- John O'Donohue It’s pretty quiet in the cabin. The only sounds are the soothing waves meeting the shore and Trixie. I hear her shifting on the rug upstairs. My...

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Rain, Time and Love

Rain, Time and Love

I have always been terrible with titles, and so I know this one isn't very clever but I have never let that stop me. I used to write columns for the Anchorage Daily News and Woman's Day and the editors always picked the titles so I never had to think about them. I...

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Monday Moon and those Booms.

Monday Moon and those Booms.

Usually when I drive to the pool at 5:50 everyone on my road is still asleep. The windows are dark, well, except for the holiday strings that hopefully will stay on until the daylight catches up with the darkness. We will pass 7 hours today for the first time. There...

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Sunday’s Thought

Sunday’s Thought

“Sensitivity to the mystery of living is the essence of human dignity. It is the soil in which our consciousness has its roots, and out of which a sense of meaning is derived. Man does not live by explanations alone, but by the sense of wonder and mystery.”-- Rabbi...

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Weds. Postcard

Weds. Postcard

I did the country show on KHNS again today. It was the first time in a while that I've been free to do it. I filled in for my brother-in-law Norm who is on a sunny beach with my sister. I figured I'd send them-- and you-- a postcard from paradise. I did share a joke...

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Happy Winter Storm Warning Monday

Happy Winter Storm Warning Monday

1/10/22 Of course this is the week I have decided to be at my desk every morning and it has begun with a continued winter storm warning for more heavy snow, and that means snow management (raking roofs, shoveling paths, raking roofs, shoveling.. repeat)-- The pool is...

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Sunday’s Thought

Sunday’s Thought

It is Epiphany, finally. Don't you think there is a cosmic, even divine message in the sunset on Jan. 6? I just sat and stared. Today it's back to the freezing snowpocolypse and I'm trying not to be too alarmed by the fine snow blowing through my bathroom window, or...

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