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.
Back in September a healthy young bull moose escaped from his enclosure at the Kroschel Wildlife Center on Mosquito Lake Road. He had lived there since he was a baby. Steve Kroschel has permits for this sort of thing. He named him Duck Moses, after his savior, Duck...
“I believe that the community – in the fullest sense: a place and all its creatures – is the smallest unit of health and that to speak of the health of an isolated individual is a contradiction in terms.” – Wendell Berry New Year’s Eve 2023, Sunday,...
“For when we begin looking– and I mean really looking, with an attention cleared of formulations and preconceptions– we begin to see combinations and possibilities, order and beauty, anywhere.” John Haines Dec. 30, Saturday morning,9:45 am on...
“Particles of raw inspiration sleet through the universe all the time. Every once in a while one of them hits a receptive mind, which then invents DNA or the flute sonata form or a way of making light bulbs wear out in half the time.” – Terry Pratchett Dec. 29 2:45...
“Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.” – Alan Alda “Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, ‘Why me?’ Then a voice answers,’Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.’ “-...
“My kind of singing isn’t meant to be perfect. It’s meant to reflect the imperfections of a human being like me.” ― Willie Nelson, It’s a Long Story: My Life. For Christmas my daughter gave me a jar of her home made fire cider (it cures everything) and the next...
