Winter approaches in Alaska
A friend in Alaska sent this email in response to a postcard from warm sunny Greece:
“So, you are there…and… well…we are here… in the snow, sleet, rain, pestilence, fog, and darkness. What more can be said? The dogs are howling, the bears are hibernating, and we are hunkered in our camp, slowly cooking cassoulet while riding out the storm. In fact, it has been so bad here that one of our local judges, Sam Adams, age 47, died of a heart attack while on a moose hunt a week ago, and he had to stay put with his hunting party for a few days before the clouds could clear and the plane could land. Can you imagine being one of the guys around the fire, wondering whether to put cards in Sam’s hand, or look for another moose, etc.”
