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.

This morning on our bike ride my husband said that drafting is the cycling equivalent of spooning. “It’s so comfortable you don’t want to leave.” That was what I was thinking when he woke me up at five to ride. But I know what he means. I think that envelope of easy speed you feel when you are riding behind someone is a little like a sacrament–  you can’t see exactly see grace on a bike, but you can feel it.