Icewind's Ramblings

Living in Alaska puts a damper on some things but the last couple of years one is left to wonder what happened to Halloween. Even with the cold weather you would see kids out with costumes over the snow suits or all bundled up against the elements.   Lately there have only been a few people out and about knocking on doors looking for the candy treats we looked forward to as a child. Alaska does things a little differently with several indoor places to take the children to a ‘festival’ atmosphere where there are the big inflatables for the kids to play and being inside there is little worry of the cold or snow outside. Does that take away from the whole fun of Halloween going to the neighbor’s house for that trick or treat tradition?   I had only four people who knocked on my door this year and they all came at the same time.   Over a period of several hours there was nothing happening even though my wife gave the dog a Valium to calm him down since he barks at anythi...

Finishing up another week with work and the remodeling ongoing to the master bathroom I am tired but things moving forward if ever so slowly. This is the weekend for fun times, costumes, and for some a trick or two.  Hopefully everyone will be safe and not party too much and try to fly home too fast like this one last year . . . For those of you who are on Daylight Savings Time this is the weekend to “Fall Back” an hour on Saturday night giving you that little extra sleep. For our trick or treater’s here in Alaska it is time to put those costumes on over the winter gear as we are quite cold this year but without the ground covered in snow like so many other falls before. Have fun, keep the kids safe and have a great weekend . . . as you can be anyone you wish for at least one night! Ice