Center yourself. Breathe deeply. Accept what is coming. There is nothing you can do about it. The US Congress is back in session. Let the horror begin.
Orange
The unwanted red headed step child of colors.
Snowy my protector
Snowy barked until 2 AM on New Year’s Eve, protecting me from every bang outside by racing frantically around the house barking at every door and window he could find. In between the barking, he’d jump on the bed and sit with his back towards me in a very protective stance. He would not lay down. Just sat there guarding me. BuddhaBubba, on the other hand, snored through everything. I don’t think she hears very well anymore. And Carm just lifted his head every once in a while and barked half-heartedly when he heard Snowy barking but mostly wanted to
As I sat reading
As I sat in my bed reading the other night, the wind started howling and the temps moved steadily up the gauge. I thought at that time that I should have been more specific when I complained to god about the boring winter she’d sent us here in Anchorage. I wanted a good blizzard, snow swirling, cars sliding, heads bent low trying to walk to the car through deep drifts. I did NOT mean a rain storm. For goodness sake, it’s friggin’ January in Anchorage!
Here’s what happens if you are very, very lucky in life
If you are very, very lucky in life, you end up fifty years later still spending Christmas with your best friend since kindergarten. You find yourself the godmother of her daughter. You find yourself with a friend you can share anything with because you’ve been through everything together. We should all be so blessed. Judy and Paula are.
Kudos to Governor Walker
Normally I use this last column of the year to recount those people, places and things that will live forever in my own personal Hall of Infamy. Talk about an embarrassment of riches, this year politicians alone would fill that hall. So I thought I’d hand out kudos instead, the biggest and only one of which goes to Governor Bill Walker.
I’m probably not the only person who was skeptical about how long he’d keep his independent status when elected to office. I figured by now he’d have returned to the Republican Party and been received, if not with wide-eyed
The problem with sleeping late most mornings
The problem arises on that one morning a week when we are up early so I can make it to Bird TLC. No one wants to get up at that hour except for Snowy. He’s still young enough to bounce out of bed and leap into the day while the rest of the household tries to find its slippers.
A bit late getting out of bed
I now officially live in a household in which no one… not the birds, the dogs or the human… want to get up before 10 AM. Of course, once the light returns, the birds will quickly revert to their early morning calls. But until then, I will enjoy just wallowing in bed for an ungodly amount of time!
One of life’s greatest conundrums
How do you relax in mom’s arms for a well deserved scritch when you know you’ve left your orange dinosaur on the floor and that other dog is sneaking quietly towards it? Answer… you can’t. So much for a quiet mom/dog moment.
Grey
The sky is grey. It feels like it’s been grey since early this autumn. It makes my spirit grey.
There is hardly any snow on the ground. It’s warming up and then it will freeze overnight and everything will be sheer ice. Welcome to one of those weeks when I wonder why I live in Alaska. Would one good snow storm this winter be asking too much?