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.

Te and Bread

 Er, eh, te, zed, id… I was “dinged to death” as my mother would have said at Scrabble last night. I walked out onto the road and across the way to the neighbors, taking the plowed driveway route rather than the usual garden path, since there is five...

Snowstorm Post Card

It has been a busy morning digging out, but here’s a few pictures from the last 48 hours.   Getting ready for the big snow, Tuesday afternoon   Wednesday     Thursday morning    

Snow Day

  Well, there’s a lot of snow out there this morning, and the wind has picked up, making the Haines Highway “undrivable” according to Chef Adam, who waded over to the radio station and turned it on to tell us  that school is closed and that Haines...

Love that Snow

My friend has a daycare, and the big first snow has thrilled all her little charges.But that means snow suits, boots, mittens, hats– for about a dozen toddlers. By the time she gets the last one dressed and out the door the first one is ready to come in.  She...

Gold Rush Alaska Recap

A live blog- sort of. I watched & blogged “live style” Friday’s episode of the Discovery Channel’s “reality” show about the gold mining Hoffman family from Oregon which is filmed at Porcupine Creek, which is in Haines, and this season...

Heaven in an Old Dog’s Eyes

I have had requests for the column I wrote last year about my flat coated retriever Forte for Woman’s Day, so here it is. Since then, Merry died too– (you can find her obituary, just search the blog) so we are down to one old terrier, Phoebe is even...