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.
” And all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even the mouse. For like everyone else in that house which was old, the poor mouse was in bed with a miserable cold.”- Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline’s Christmas. Christmas Day was a...
“God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.” -1 John 1:5 It’s Christmas Eve, dinner is smoked salmon fettuccine — it’s always the same, and just family (that means 17 of us tonight.) We have the extension set up and the...
I love the snow. I love a houseful for dinner at Christmas and really I love when the house is all quiet in the morning and it’s just me, and the tree lights, and a cup of coffee with cream. Today I had two. I may need three. There is a winter storm warning all...
“Take time to seek the quiet miracles that seek no attention.”- John O’Donohue The little pink boots in the mud room slayed me yesterday. It’s probably all the sugar, and coffee, and crowds. I did not imagine, some 40 something years ago, when...
From Jeanette Winterson: “So light a candle to the dead. And light a candle to miracles, however unlikely, and pray that you recognize yours. And light a candle to the living; the world of friendship and family that means so much. And light a candle to the...
“There are always those perfect times with the people we love, those moments of joy and equality that sustain us later on…These moments are the foundation upon which we build the house that will shelter us into our final years, so that when love calls out,...
