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.

How to Winterize Your Mind:

One: See the sun rise and set every day… Don’t miss a minute of daylight.

Two: Learn to draw a tree…Now is the best time to see what a tree really looks like. Draw one every day.

Three: Put something beautiful in your room so that it’s the first thing you see when you wake up.

Four: Mend something with your hands. Sew it, glue it, nail it, fix it.

Five: Hibernate. Life is but a Winter Dream.

From a charming illustrated journal of seasons in a small town by Vivian Swift, called “When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler’s Journal of Staying Put.”