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 off at dawn to Anchorage with the cross country team. The good news is that we aren’t taking the Dalton Trail, we are driving in the school van, and Gary put the studs on. I’ll let you know how we do Monday. Now I have to make a thermos of coffee and check the weather in Tok. I think it is snowing in the pass. Dear Lord, our van is so small and Alaska and the Yukon are so big– have mercy on us.