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 Business of Writing?

I was interviewed for Alaska Entrepreneur recently, and here’s the story, on the business of writing. (Don’t laugh.) 

Sunday’s Thought ( for Baby Lani’s First Sabbath)

 It was snowing some in Sitka by the sea on your first afternoon, and the lights were off up on the second floor hospital maternity ward, or as the sign says in Tlingit, the Place Where Babies are Born.  We were groggy and awe filled from your 2:40 a.m. arrival and...

Welcome to the World Lani Stephanova Lynch

 All 6lbs. 11 oz. and 19.5 inches of you, with that dark wavy hair and your mother’s nose and father’s eyes, at 2:40 am on March 1 in Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka, with Grandma Mimi assisting in the most helpful of ways. After speaking with Stoli...

Sitka Bound

When I decided not to go to Florida with Chip this week to see Grandma Joanne and have a colonoscopy I figured Stoli’s baby would arrive early, but then I volunteered to host the the church Lenten Supper Wednesday at our house, and that apparently did the trick....

Life Lessons from the HI-DE-HO’s

That my column in Woman’s Day is called Life Lessons is a great irony of my life, since most of the time I am in need of receiving a few instructions on how to live well, rather than confident that I can dole them out. Which is not to say I don’t admire...

Seriously? Potluck Oscar Party Sleepover Anyone?

The National Weather Service in Juneau has issued a Winter Storm Warning (with all the usual threats to life and property, so dramatic) for heavy snow… which is in effect from 5 PM Sunday to 5 AM Monday…. 6 to 11 inches expected … snow will develop...