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.

 Here is a good article from the Anchorage Daily News. They say Haines will probably be fine, but that weird currents from the tsunamis can be dangerous, and it is not a good afternoon to be in a kayak or skiff, so be careful.  As for me, Chip and I walked down to the cannery and back in the sunshine, and since then I’ve been washing windows. ( The downstairs outside windows, standing on a wobbly chair in the snow banks) and cleaning the chicken coop – In a sweatshirt–This is February?