tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post9044920369129753291..comments2023-07-18T04:52:07.493-07:00Comments on It Takes Wisdom To Know The Difference: I Do Not Belong Far From CivilizationMama Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-3715501557560641212013-10-16T16:16:02.325-07:002013-10-16T16:16:02.325-07:00Rainy gloom is the worst! ~shudder~
I would love...Rainy gloom is the worst! ~shudder~<br /><br />I would love to see Alaska, really. Not sure I could live there for 30 years, though, although I have to say that it is my kind of beautiful--love the mountains and lakes. <br /><br />And there is a lot to be said for adjusting life to the seasons...winter is nature's way of saying "sleep and rejuvenate." Maybe some year I will listen!Mama Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-87148536618994659112013-10-16T14:56:33.507-07:002013-10-16T14:56:33.507-07:00I was born and raised in Alaska, so it's not a...I was born and raised in Alaska, so it's not abnormal to me. You just have to make sure to be outside as much as possible, so I would go skiing in the dark with a headlamp, that sort of thing. And in the Eskimo village it was fine because I lived about 50 feet from the school so unless the blizzarding was really dangerous I could get out at least a little bit to see the sun in the day. And I had a window in my classroom. <br /><br />But I think it's really about appreciating cycles of nature - in summer you get to be super active all the time and do a ton of stuff and rarely sleep; in winter you hunker down and stay indoors and sleep plenty. <br /><br />All that said, my mother is from the Midwest and the 30+ years they spent in Alaska, she was depressed the entire time. But that place, the problem is the rainy gloom - months without any sun because of clouds. I don't like that weather either. Further up north near the Arctic Circle is fine, though.NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-91429986762181593232013-10-16T10:07:23.753-07:002013-10-16T10:07:23.753-07:00How did you deal with the lack of sun??? I'd ...How did you deal with the lack of sun??? I'd be in the looney bin all winter!!Mama Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-36116949322153021172013-10-16T00:01:20.871-07:002013-10-16T00:01:20.871-07:00Ha! It's like you're living my life from ...Ha! It's like you're living my life from a few miles away - I lived in an Eskimo village for two years, and Louisiana for several. :) NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.com