Alaskan Way

But is love excitement of a touch—or the long, comfortable companionship of years?

They need to know what survival in the environment meant in the past. Once they learn about the past, they will be able to understand the present and maybe help form the future.”

“Try reading the Book of Acts or the Epistles of St. Paul. No begets there. Only words to live by.”

I paid my own way, but I never have and I never will join the race to own more than I need.

My people,” he grinned, “I mean, the native Alaskans, have created a culture based on kinship with the spirits of the universe.

, “Not much to do around here. The radio is a link with the outside world, while the books and music remind me I don’t have to live in it.”

Dusk painted the sky in pinks deepening to purple. The colors glowed over the water as they made their way back to camp.

Civilization had disappeared to be replaced by hundreds of tree-covered islands.