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.
The seven Haines wrestlers made it to Anchorage for the state tourney this evening on Alaska Airline’s “milk run”– Juneau, Sitka, Yakutat, Anchorage– Some of the parents are there, too. (Well, at least one who confirmed this for me.) I...
“Yes” -a poem by William Stafford: “It could happen anytime, tornado, earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen. It could you know. That’s why I wake and look out- no guarantees in this life. But some bonuses, like morning, like right now,...
“Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.”- Satchel Paige “Fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be best for us…” Book of Common Prayer Weds. Dec. 13 Chilkat River Beach. 9:45 am. Snow and rain, 33 degrees. Gusty south...
“The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns. Faith also means reaching deeply within, for the sense one...
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is -Thank You- it will be enough.” Meister Eckhart Monday December 11, 10 am. 37 degrees but feels colder, raining. South winds to 40 mph. High tide. Winter Storm Warning until tomorrow at 6 am for...
“But it seemed to me that this was the way we all lived: full to the brim with gratitude and joy one day, wrecked on the rocks the next. Finding the balance between the two was the art and the salvation.” ― Elizabeth Berg, The Year of Pleasures Dec 10, Sunday, 9 am....
