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.

I will miss the ballet recital tomorrow, but you can still go if you are in town, it’s at 10:30 in the Chilkat Center, and you don’t need to have a relative in it to love, love, love it– the sweetness factor is huge. I will be in Juneau, and then on to bike camp for grown-ups with Chip for a week in California. Crazy, but true. I’m not bringing a laptop, so I won’t be back here until next Tuesday. Don’t worry, we will be careful. And when I return I am going to learn how to write poetry. I think my heart is ready for that.