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.

Well, Hello! Longtime no See.

I have been living on coffee, brown rice and dates, madly typing with two (sore) fingers this week, and have hardly budged from my keyboard. I have not gotten out much at all in  the last two months either, except to get a little fresh air or exercise (or do what I...

Sunday’s Thought

  “Blessed is the spot, and the house, and the place, and the city, and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea, and the island, and the meadow where mention of God hath been made and His praise glorified.”...

Happy Thursday

My daughter Sarah had to take a picture of the low tide view out the back door last night, but I liked the inside scenery even more. In real news– The Choose Respect walk for domestic violence awareness and prevention is today at 11:30 on Main Street,  the...

Art-full Actions

I walked on the windy beach this morning with friends and our dogs, and we remembered Art Jess. The longtime community leader died Saturday at his home here. He had been declining, but it was unexpected, his wife Leanne said. He was 83. I do think “leader”...

A Close Call. (Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire.)

The volunteer fire department doused a boiling brush fire down at the south end of the Chilkat River Beaches Recreation Area this afternoon– and luckily a north wind was blowing which pushed it toward the Carr’s Cove rocks and away from the homes down...

The Funeral was Great

I mean this with all due the respect. Evelyn Arbuckle’s memorial service out at the Covenant Life Center farm community center was great. The whole morning was, from the drive out the highway in the spring sunshine, crossing the bridge made famous on Gold Rush...