Great Black Bear is walking with us, Pink Salmon swimming upstream with us, as we stroll Creek street... My mind is like compost. "What a cold and rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away." I pledge allegiance to the soil of Ketchikan Island, one ecosystem in diversity under the sun With joyful interpenetration for all. ... Raindrops keep falling on my head ... I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin' Because I'm free Nothing's worrying me.. The Etiquette of Freedom In Alaska, there are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, like me, I drink hot chocolate. Learning about the bears and the bees and the flowers and the trees is not just community college science or nature boy social studies — it's local etiquette. It's rude not ...