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.

From the Mail Bag

I’ve been getting a lot of mail lately, and it always makes me smile, here’s a sampler:   It has even been windy out here at Bug lake! My outhouse door was ripped off   the hinges a few nights ago and all I can say is that I was sure glad I was   not in it...

Breezy Morning

First, a little photo essay from the trip home from Morning Muscles at 7am. It’s light out, anyway. Summer can’t be that far off, can it? (After some coffee I’ll write something brilliant, pithy and newsy. I’ve been in a snow cave for a few...

March is Coming in Like a Roaring Siberian Tiger.

 Just reading the marine weather forecast makes me cold, and a little alarmed, here it is: NORTHERN LYNN CANAL-   400 PM AKST MON FEB 28 2011 …STORM WARNING TUESDAY… …HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY… .TONIGHT…N WIND...

Sunday’s Thought

I received a letter this week from Berkshire, England. It was addressed “Mrs. Heather Lende, (I’m sure this will reach you!) Haines, Alaska U.S.A. When I told  my friend Debra that I was so pleased that our small-town post office had delivered it without...

A Quiet Morning

 I’m still writing, writing, writing, as Eloise would say, but I took a few pictures on the walk home from Morning Muscles  I thought you might like. I think of these little photo albums as picture stories. My camera has become a visual notebook, which is kind...