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Kind of Lazy…
That's what I texted my friend when she said she bet it was busy here. Ivy is still sleeping, Chip is walking the dogs. The cat has come down and gone back upstairs. JJ is reading to the kids and they have finished a big box of Costco strawberries from Juneau ( we all...
An Invite to Of Bears and Ballots Chats in Seattle and Homer
I want to invite you to two virtual events this week that you may be interested in. You can sign up for both easily, just click the links. The first is Wednesday with the U Bookstore in Seattle where I will be in conversation with KUOW's award winning reporter and...
A Post Card from a few Big Weeks
I have been talking and answering emails and zooming so much in the days leading up to June 30 (the book launch and my birthday) and the days since, that I have not been very good about staying in touch. The minute I'm off the hook with book stuff I head outside, so...
You Are Invited to My New Book (and Real) Birthday Party!
The Of Bears and Ballots book launch is Tuesday, June 30 at 5 pm Alaska Daylight Time. It is virtual, just click on those blue letters and you are in! (There's a pretty cool little GIF there too...) Easy peasy. And best of all, you don't have to leave your house or...
On Forgiveness
Here is another little video preview from Of Bears and Ballots, with probably the most important thing I have to say about politics and life in it. Or at least for now, anyway.
Summertime and the Living is …Different
I have been turning away from social media, and from the 24 hour news streams-- not because I don't care, but because I care too much. You bet racism is on my mind, politics, Covid-19 in all its grief and confusion, and the awful isolation from family and community-...
The First Zoom Event for my New Book
It is here! (And almost where you are.) The official publication date is June 30, and there will be a big Zoom event then, and you will be invited. But Monday, June 15, 5pm Alaska time there is a sneak preview Of Bears and Ballots, and an interview with Kyle Clayton,...