Wake Up Call for Winter

Yesterday we realized we needed to go to town to pick up a prescription, even though we’d decided to stay home. We knew that if we left in the morning, we couldn’t return till afternoon because of the tide, so we decided to go up the Chilkat River valley to look for highbush cranberries and fish the coho salmon run on the river.

Almost on a whim I decided to wear a heavy, windproof sweater under my coat, even though I thought I’d be too warm. That was lucky. It’s cold upriver! Continue reading →

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A Fine Autumn Moment

LC Mountain with snow

The lady admires herself in the mirror of Lynn Canal (Photo: Mark Zeiger)

The other afternoon I stepped outside the cabin and caught my breath at the beauty of “LC Mountain” in fresh snow, reflected in the calm water of Lynn Canal. The snow’s creeping downward little by little.

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