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.

Mooseless on Mud Bay Road

Yes, we are still moose-less after 10 days of hard, and I think smart, hunting. I figured Chip would be disappointed when we left camp last night without a moose, but he said, “That was another great weekend.  We’ve had some really good hunting,...

It Must Be Fall, Since There’s So Much Happening This Week

Tonight from 5-7 it’s the Arts Confluence literary, musical, visual arts celebration and wine and cheese fundraiser in the Chilkat Center lobby, 15 dollar donation. Then tomorrow from noon-4 there’s a party in the borough office to thank and appreciate...

Moose and Me

 I couldn’t take many pictures, as two days of heavy  rain fogged up my lens, but I did get a few during breaks in the weather. It was even raining in the tent. It’s not that it leaked, it was actually very dry and warm with Chip’s little steel stove...

Weekend-ish Update

In the news from the moose hunt, Ralph and Vince got the seventh so far (as of last night anyway) and the weather promises to be miserable– rainy and windy and cooler– the first snow has dusted the top of Santa Claus Mountain and more peaks out the valley....

A Three Kid Day, or a Babysitting Postcard.

It was a three granddaughter day– baby Silvia Rose stayed home with her mom. And holy cow, were those girls busy. Phoebe the grumpy terrier was unusually attentive and Pearl, the happy Golden Retriever,  was her usual baby-doting self, if a little wetter than...

Moose Hunting

The first weekend of  the Haines moose hunt is over, and we have survived, and so have the moose in our sites, anyway. I hear four have been taken so far. We have until the first week in October or until 25 or so have been shot. Chip and I camped out on the river so...