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.
“I celebrate that we’re all crazy and damaged and we’re all sort of floundering and flailing, and yet we stick together. We take care of each other the best we can. And that is so touching it fills me with hope. It takes people a lot of decades to realize that we’re...
“If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy,” Amby Burfoot I apologize for not being more present here for all kinds of not very good reasons. It’s just life–full, good and busy days. I have also been in and out more than usual and...
” I couldn’t believe that she was gone…I could feel that something huge, a tide, had washed in, and then washed out.” – Anne Lamott on the death of her old dog. Yesterday we buried Pearl. We weren’t home when she died in January,...
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” ― E. B. White I know I have shared this quote before, but it was on my mind today as I walked Jeff and Trixie...
“It will be easier if Trixie stays home with us,” Chip said. He’s in the final stretch of his training for the Boston Marathon, and a trip to Tenakee Springs wasn’t on his workout plan. Besides, the cabin there is my project. He is hugely helpful and generous as I...
In yoga the other day Sarah said, “Sometimes you just have to rip the Band Aid.” Our dog Pearl died while we were away. It was a good death, as deaths go. On her own bed, at home, unassisted, no pain. People she loved were near.Most importantly a child, our grandson....
