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.

The Matter is Life

Writer J. California Copper wrote that it’s not so hard to face death– as we all have to, and so really have no choice–the challenge she said was living. So you may ask, “Where have been, what’s the matter?” and to that I respond...

Love One Another

It has been a hard ten days, we cut short our cycling trip after our dear friend’s son died following a deep depression. Writing the obituary while hosting the family in our home, which was a tornado of grief and love, friends, family, babies, wet dogs, burning...

March Marching On

I will miss the ballet recital tomorrow, but you can still go if you are in town, it’s at 10:30 in the Chilkat Center, and you don’t need to have a relative in it to love, love, love it– the sweetness factor is huge. I will be in Juneau, and then on...

Only in Alaska?

I flew from Kodiak to Anchorage first thing Sunday morning, and the plan was to fly Alaska Airlines from there to Juneau shortly after arriving, which meant I’d be able to spend the day and night in Juneau with my daughters and grandson before riding the Haines...

Home

I came home in time to vote in the Republican caucus poll, but am not a Republican so I couldn’t. The Republican I am married to did not vote. He can’t see any of the candidates being president. One friend summed the election this way: “Twenty-six...

Happy Thursday

Of course it is. Even if the pool is closed and Marnie is out of town so there is no yoga or Morning Muscles, and it’s raining and gray. So gray that yesterday planes didn’t fly all day (in spite of nearly 10 hours of daylight), I know because I was hoping...