In the local dialect it means “people’s land”. In my own southern dialect, it means “life changing”. Formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, Haida Gwaii is an archipelago of islands almost a hundred nautical miles west of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Way the fuck up there. From the northern most island, you can see…

Mom died last December. Sis is in a much better place with her life. My time in North Carolina was done. Most of my travels led me west and I wanted to be closer. The east is trashed. There are still some wonderful places where I grew up but too many people have stressed the…