What I’m Thinking . . . Cold is coming

Nah! It never left us this “Summer”.

How does the cold climate affect the way you live in winter?

What do you have to do differently than in the summer?

Remember to sleep!

Everyone acts like ants in the summertime. Busy . . . busy . . . busy.

There are many activities going on during this time for gathering the grain (or the salmon) to help us make it through another tough winter. People can be found on the hillsides picking berries or in Mat-Su valley growing the ‘giant’ veggies that we see at the Alaska Fair each year. I sense a theme going on as we're Tougher in Alaska. See what I mean? This is how stereotypes get started.

With our days growing shorter again and the onset of fall in the air there is a feeling of what happened to our summer. If we would have paid for it this year I am sure there would be many people holding on to their receipts and demanding a refund since we have not had but one day this year that officially reached 70 degrees in Anchorage. And that only lasted for three hours.

The winter is for slowing down while spending enormous amounts of energy dealing with the cold and all that entails, like frozen pipes and cars that won't start. Those frozen windshields or frozen door locks try your patience while giving you that excuse to buy that remote auto starter.

I’m ready for the slow down as it has been a busy year so far with little end in sight . . . except for some time off arriving shortly.

I would slow down and smell the roses . . . but I haven’t seen any in bloom this summer.


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