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.

Back Home and At Work- Sadly

I have been in Homer a long weekend, hosted and feted by the Friends of the Library there. I was a special star because the Haines library, which I am on the board of, inspired the Homer community to build their new library, so they made me feel very welcome. This is...

Rainy Tuesday Evening Postcard

April showers will bring April leaves– the next time the sun comes out, which may be Friday. In the meantime it’s been a little wet and windy and kind of chilly– 45 and rain is colder than you’d think. The beach is not so much fun when you are...

John Schnabel’s Eulogy

                                                                                                    John’s Truck We sent John Schnabel off with the kind of party he would have liked on Saturday, with lots of people, lots of food, the Fishpickers band...

That Kind of Week. (Lucky me.)

I fought with my forgotten Skype IDs and passwords for two days so I could talk with an interviewer in South Korea for ten minutes, entertained guests– twice–, had a eulogy to write for John Schnabel (still working on it.. it’s “due” by...

Gold Medal Women

Yup, the Haines women won the Gold Medal tourney in Juneau this weekend, and after we all arrived home on the ferry at noon yesterday, took naps, and had a quiet Easter dinner, we all went to bed. I was asleep by eight. I didn’t even play and I was exhausted by...

Welcome Happy Morning

I know it is Maundy Thursday– the night of the Last Supper, and tomorrow is Good Friday, and Easter isn’t until Sunday, but it is a moveable feast, and it sure feels like a happy morning today after so much sorrow and stress and grief the last two...