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.

Sunday’s Thought: Happy Easter!

“Love one another.” – Jesus Christ Oh my gosh, I lost the stuff for the Easter baskets. I put it up high somewhere so the puppy wouldn’t eat the chocolate, and now I have no idea where it is. Oh well. The babies are too young to really know...

Is Sun News?

You bet it is. This morning my Tlingit big game hunting guide friend called and asked, as usual, what the weather was doing at my house, and I told him the daffodils were blooming. I say that everyday, even when it is snowing sideways, but if it weren’t for the...

A Few Thoughts on Holy Week

Today begins a kind of marathon church session for some of us, with Maundy Thursday services tonight, Good Friday tomorrow evening, the Easter Vigil Saturday night at 10, and then Sunday morning Easter services. All offer moments for reflection, prayers, grief and...

Finding the Good

It’s a little slow around here this morning, since the guy who usually wakes us all up slept in. Chip had to go to the ferry last night about midnight to help other Arts Council members pick up the Thodos dance troupe from Chicago. Actually, they came from...

Sunday’s Thought: a hymn for sunny April.

“Now thank we all our God, with heart, and hands, and voices, who wondrous things things hath done, in whom his world rejoices.”– Words to the hymn Nun danket alle Gott,  by Martin Rinckart (1596-1649).

Lots Going On. Mark Your Calendars.

 I have a to-do list a mile long before I babysit Caroline after lunch– and you should make your list of stuff happening in Haines too, if you are here,  so you don’t miss anything–and if you are not, know that we are all crawling out of hibernation....