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Tag: Mountains

  • Last Frontier Fashion

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    With temps in the teens headed for single digits tonight and sub-zero later this week, it was time for an Alaskan wardrobe change. Unable to find my wet-suit, I decided to forgo testing the lake’s ice thickness 😊 Stay warm and remember . . . there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.

  • River Walk

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    Today’s wilderness wander found me hiking the Matanuska River Valley. Carving its path over millennia between snow-laden peaks of the Chugach and Talkeetna Ranges, it’s birthed 25 miles upstream in the Matanuska Glacier. Freezing temps have restricted glacier melt dropping the river’s level dramatically. Summer’s silt-gray turbid flow has been transformed to winter’s clear blue-green…

  • Peace . . . Hope . . . Joy . . . Love

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    Clouds abated today and sunshine peeked through, a welcome respite from a lengthy stretch of stormy weather . . . and I heard the mountains calling. John Muir once said, “You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you” . . . and today they moved in. High among mountain cathedrals’ majesty, blanketed…

  • ‘Firsts’ and ‘Seconds’

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    Fred D
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    Life has lotsa’ ‘Firsts’ and ‘Seconds’ . . . First or Second best . . . First or Second place . . . First or Second choice . . . First or Second helping . . . threw that one in for Thanksgiving 😊. In this world First is preferable to Second, especially during those…

  • Swans on Ice

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    Fred D
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    What a difference a day makes!  . . . freeze-up happened sooner than expected for our local Trumpeter Swan family. The few remaining open patches of water these big birds require for their running take-off is quickly becoming solid-state, and Mom is ‘honking-out’ Dad for not booking an earlier flight south for their cygnets and…

  • Color and Emotion

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    Color holds power to impact our moods, emotions, and behaviors. It’s documented color influences 85% of shoppers’ purchase decisions. What are your favorite colors? What emotions do they evoke? . . . red’s passion? – blue’s calm? – yellow’s happiness? – orange’s warmth? – black’s power – white’s purity? Generalities? . . . yes, but…

  • Soul Contentment

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    Fred D
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    Soul contentment is hiking above snowline to witness the day fade into a golden horizon . . . and then hustling off the mountain before zero-dark thirty sets in and your spouse calls Search & Rescue 😊 “The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display His craftmanship”. Psalm 19:1I M Blessed . .…

  • Contemplate Beauty

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     “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth, find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts”. Rachel Carson

  • Dawn’s Splendor

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    Creation’s awakening at dawn spurs a grateful rebirth of joy in my soul. Here’s a few glimpses of dawn’s wonder that was mine to behold this morning. “The whole earth is filled with the awe of your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy”. Psalm 65:8 I M Blessed…

  • Friluftsliv

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    Fred D
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    SAD . . . Seasonal Affective Disorder is attributed to the long, cold, dark days of winter. Yet, Scandinavian countries, where cold-dark thirty resides for 5 months each year, are consistently ranked among the happiest countries . . . Why? Friluftsliv – “free air life” – the mood-boosting Nordic concept of connecting with nature; breathing…