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.

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

(In other news, I haven’t heard more about Martha, which I assume is good, as she recovers with her family at her side in Seattle. News of the circumstances trickles in. The credit for saving them all from Mike is for the teenagers– his son and a friend.  Without them, he told KHNS, they wouldn’t have made it. I also heard there were several waves that pushed them all to the rocky shore. Yes, “What is essential is invisible to the eye,”  yes  “with the heart”  one can see. And in church today I will  sing “Praise God from whom all blessings flow,” with all my heart. Amen.)