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.
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 (...
Strange how a phone call can change your day/ Take you away/Away/From the feeling of being alone/Bless the telephone. – Lyrics from “Bless the Telephone” by Labi Siffre. Before I forget, I want to share with you some good news about government and...
“When you give in to helplessness you collude with despair.”- John O’Donohue I read from John O’Donohue’s To Bless the Space Between Us daily. It’s in a stack of prayer, poetry and essay books in the window seat where I begin my day...
“Sometimes love looks like small things” -Tracy K. Smith “If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong.” St. Paul (1 Corinthians 13:1-13 NRSV.) Kindness is the greatest endangered thing. And here you are, existing, your...
“Oh, earth, you’re too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it – every, every minute?” –Thornton Wilder The best thing, or one of the best things, about living at 59 degrees and 14 feet North and...
“Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.” – W. Somerset Maugham Sometimes wonder sneaks up on you. Here we...
