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.

Something a Lot Lighter

I just had to share a few pictures from my lunch date with Caroline yesterday, to put what is really important in perspective.    

It’s the 20th Anniversary of the Bike Race? Time Flies.

I am surprised that the whole bike race thing is still so emotional for me. I am more than a little scattered this morning and I have a lot to do before we leave this afternoon. It has been seven years since I was run over while training for the annual Kluane to...

Puppy Dreams

The cold windy weather is perfect for sleeping in, especially when we are taking a few days off from the early morning cycles to rest for Saturday’s relay. Well, there is nothing like a puppy to change plans. A  nine week old Springer spaniel. He is a gift for a...

Windy Wednesday

I was feeling pretty good about the messy draft of my new book until I went to the bookstore yesterday and saw that Anna Quindlen had already written the final draft. Actually, we are pretty different, but I am a huge fan. I’ll buckle down again, as soon as I...

Going to Tok or Nearby and Want Some Company?

 How could I not put the two French girls, Amelie and Marion, up for a few nights when they had me sign a hard cover of If You Lived Here,  which they carried in a back pack all the way from the mid-west and came to Haines because of it? They have hitchhiked from Rio...

Sunday’s Thought from Desmond Tutu

” In our best moments, deep inside us, we know that goodness and righteousness and courage are admirable attributes that we crave.”    – Archbishop Desmund Tutu