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.
We are okay, but Haines is not. So that means no one really is, you know? We are like a family here. People in flood/slide danger zones are staying in motels or with friends and family. There is currently an evacuation by boat of Lutak residents. “Shine a light...
…And full of prayers in tatters in the wind. So many. O Mother Mary pray for us now and in the hour of our need. An atmospheric river of rain is predicted. 10 inches of rain. A blizzard of rain. And the wind took out the power twice already. Once when we were...
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize…” ― Thich Nhat...
Gratitude is different than thanks, don’t you think? It’s deeper, like a base layer in the language of appreciation. It’s been snowing and snowing now for most of November. As Chip said today looking out at the heavy flakes falling like mittens as my...
My dad spent the night at my sister’s last night, because they we sort of snowed in with the sudden snow squall after dinner and it seemed best not to drive down the hill to our house. Chip has gone deer hunting for a few weeks, and had left on the ferry in the...
I think today is as good as any, to remind you (and me) as my friend Becky says: to be kind, be brave, be thankful. It’s the first blizzard of the year. Papa Bob is snoozing through it. So are all the children in town. It is a snow day. (It’s supposed to...
