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.
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on– Joni Mitchell 10 am , Saturday Nov. 25. Chilkat River beach. 39 degrees, “spraying”, SE winds 4 mph. (Calm basically, but the airport weather station recorded the speed.) High tide. Sunrise: 8:20....
We cannot own anyone else, people, the lands, or resources. We are here to care for each other.” ― Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise Nov. 24, Friday, 9:30 am, 40 degrees, south wind, very low clouds. High tide. A little drizzle. Ice bits in the tideline. There is much...
“Said the river: imagine everything you can imagine, then keep on going”– Mary Oliver November 23, 10:15 am, 35 degrees, gusty south winds, cloudy, slush and sand. Beth and I squeezed in a walk even though we both said we didn’t have time....
The truth is that it’s just really hard for me to sleep without a dog in my bedroom.- Jimmy Stewart Haines, where the Chilkat River meets the sea in my backyard. 2:00 pm, 37 degrees, low tide. Snow and slush. High clouds and a south wind. It’s been a long...
It is the onion, memory, that makes me cry– Craig Raine 2:00 pm, Juneau, Twin Lakes, 37 degrees, light rain, south wind with gusts up to 25 mph. The snow has turned to slush. I did not walk this morning since Chip came in on the Hoonah ferry last night about...
I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six.- Dylan Thomas (A Child’s Christmas in Wales) 10:15am Monday, November 20, Juneau. Snowing, 24 degrees,...
