One of my favorite things about Sit­ka is Raven Radio, the com­mu­ni­ty pub­lic radio sta­tion. The day they got their live stream­ing up and run­ning was a good, good day: I could lis­ten to Mis­sis­sip­pi Delta Blues and Meathead’s Mix Tape even when we were Down South!

Thanks to that live stream, you can enjoy some of KCAW’s eclec­tic local pro­grams, too, wher­ev­er you are. Tune in tonight at 6:30 (that’s Alas­ka time; 7:30 Pacif­ic) for The Library Show, a con­ver­sa­tion between Sit­ka librar­i­an Sarah Bell and Alaskan author Seth Kant­ner. I had the treat of sit­ting in on yesterday’s tap­ing, and it was a great dis­cus­sion of Alaskan writ­ing, includ­ing how “place” can be such a pow­er­ful pres­ence as to become a char­ac­ter itself. Do give it a lis­ten if you’re around a com­put­er this evening; I’d love to hear your thoughts and expe­ri­ence with phys­i­cal place as an impor­tant char­ac­ter in your life.