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A New Year Far from Home

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Mark Zeiger

Happy New Year! As you read this, we are ringing in 2016 in Baranof Warm Springs, on the east coast of Baranof Island. Yes, where else would the Haines Zeigers go on the holidays except deeper into the Alaskan bush?

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Back(ing) to the Future

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Mark Zeiger

Certain Aboriginal nations conceptualize life as backing into the future. To the western mind, this seems wrong—we face the future, hurling ourselves headlong into it, ready to deal with what comes. The Aboriginal view actually makes more sense, because we … Continue reading →

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