Feb 23, 2016 | Blog
It was like the 80s logging and mill battles all over again last night at the Chilkat Center only this time it was mining vs. fish. (Sort of. It wasn’t meant to be, but we jumped the gun.) “A little tense” is how one friend described the...Feb 22, 2016 | Blog
I have two obituaries to write today for teacher Betty Venables who taught at The Haines Christian School back when there was one, and George Meacock Jr., who was the son of a prominent pioneering family. George graduated from Haines High in 1951 in a class with...Feb 21, 2016 | Blog
“They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions… but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s...Feb 19, 2016 | Blog
The Chilkat River isn’t so much talking this morning as it is howling– my face has a fine layer of silty grit thanks to the dust storm blowing down from Klukwan. I would have taken a picture, but my mittens are too clunky and I couldn’t take them off...Feb 17, 2016 | Blog
I read something funny the other day, that the same person who put the ru in February must have put the ne in Wednesday. It is that time of year when even the little things can be difficult to deal with. I have been thinking how life can change on a dime with one...Feb 16, 2016 | Blog
Here is a short, non-political, critically informative video explanation of Alaska’s financial crisis by Gunnar Knapp that every Alaskan should watch and share with friends. Thanks to Charles Wolforth’s column in the Dispatch, which is a good read as well....
