Jewel
From: Homer, Alaska
Pop:3,660
The town:Karen McCarty of Homer Chamber Of Commerce says: "We're
the halibut capital of the world, you catch some some big guys out in
Kachemak Bay. We're Alaska's art Mecca too; we have several galleries.
In the winter when I get up there's usually a moose on my front doorstep.
You see cougars, bears and eagles. Geysers and volcanoes. The fields are
prolific with wild flowers. It's beautiful.
"The Kilcher family is well known locally and regionally because Jewel's
father, Atz, is a musician. He taught her how to yodel. A few years ago
I put on a cultural event and the whole family played. Jewel came back to
Homer last fall and sang at her grandmother's funeral, but we keep her
visits very quiet."
The girl:Jewel Kilcher, whose parents divorced when she was eight,
says she carries a Tupperware container full of soil from their homestead
wherever she goes: "I'm proud of being able to build a barbed-wire fence.
Out there in the silence of the country we hear who we have to become and
create ourselves."
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