Icewind's Ramblings

Attitude is everything. How else can you explain how I finished a stressful day at work with a smile on my face? It could also have been the several drinks at Applebee’s before heading home, who knows. Ice

These last few weeks we have really been soaking up the daylight as we anticipate the arrival of our Alaskan summer.   We broke our annual snowfall record in April and once things pushed past that it has been mostly nice as spring has taken hold of Anchorage and most of Alaska.   Bright sunny days . . . shorter nights is always something to celebrate in the northland.   Things make the transition from the ever present white through the browns, muddy water, dampness, to the greening up and colors again. This has led me to contemplate the differences between our winters and our summers. The contrasts are as extreme as the landscape found within this state.   Moose roam the streets.   Dogs are on leashes or locked up in yards or houses. Winters of cold and constant darkness while the summers of never ending light.   It seems like everyone carries a gun . . . but me (seen enough of them for one lifetime). There are not a lot of people here . . . compar...

When I was younger . . . much younger . . . I heard this religious message that stated love isn't an emotion, love is a decision. I'm not above thinking along spiritual planes every now and then and at the time; my reaction was . . . What is he talking about???   What an idiot.   What does he mean love isn't an emotion? Just how crazy is that? I am much older now with a lot more life experience and I realize that statement was completely right. See, it all comes down to all of us are a bunch of animals.   We are hardwired to procreate.   Period.   So, it goes to reason that all of your life, you are going to be attracted to people. That's not love . . . If it was, there would be no porn.   Love comes when you decide to make a hearth and home with someone whom not only are you attracted to, but you enjoy talking to on a daily basis.   That one you want to place before yourself, etc. Love = loyalty in my humble opinion. There are not too terr...