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.

A Little News

Last week’s election now has results. Tresham took 19 of the absentee and question ballots last night and Jerry had 7.  (They had been tied 411-411 before the count.) So Tresham is the new assembly member. Congratulations! Also, the assembly voted to reconsider...

A Blog to a Column

Regular readers may be interested to see what happened when I edited  the blog Hunting 101 for the Alaska Dispatch News We Alaskans Sunday magazine. I only had a day to do it, and I liked the tone of the blog, but it was, well, bloggy. Informal, written in one take....

I Am Definitely a Talker

It’s funny that today I have no voice, am home sick all day, but that I have learned I’m a finalist for the Society of Voice Artists awards.     http://sovas.org/2015-nominees/     SOVA chose my new book Find the Good as one of four author-read audio book...

Election News

Can you tell I’m leaving for a few days and want to be sure to keep you updated on all things large and small? Here is the latest (unofficial until certified results) from the Haines Borough web page, on yesterday’s municipal election. My friend Margaret...

I’ll Be in Anchorage Tomorrow Night

To help celebrate Alaska Book Week I will be in Anchorage at Barnes and Noble 6-8 Thursday night. I hope I’m reading from Find the Good, but it may just be a signing–  ( I guess I am living in the moment…) See you there? Time to walk Pearl and pack! ...

Stewing Over a Moose

When I showed a friend a picture of the last pile of white packages on my table, and said that our moose is now all wrapped and the freezer, he deadpanned that it didn’t look like a wrapped moose. Chip and the kids did most the work—trimming meat off the bone, and...