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    Notes on books include Best of the Bunch, Cultures of the Coast, and Americana.

  • The puzzling movement of large logs on a king tide. We turn off Sutil Channel into Quadra Island’s Drew Harbour. The place is empty so…

  • “Here! You should read this!” Suddenly, a light blue paperback is thrust before me by a set of hands turning open the cover and luring…

  • Kinza, San Juan Island, 2006.

    If there is anyone who has documented her travels, it’s my friend Kinza. As I’ve had the good fortune to take trips with her, or…

  • The other day at a communal table at The Backdoor, one of Sitka’s venerable coffee shops, I was invited into a most interesting conversation between…

  • Intro to an ongoing reflection on a key issue of our day Cruising is an opportunity to use time generously and seek knowledge differently. It’s…

  • Alaskans seem to like their newspapers. Dailies from Juneau and Anchorage are found all over, even where they arrive days late.  The resilient Skagway News…