happy earth day!

Thank you, Google for reminding us all of special days both well known and not-so-well-known. My friends, the sun is shining in Skagway...and here, let me show you:

This is the view I can enjoy if I walk one block. Our planet is awesome...and at this moment on this day, I choose to delight in it.

Okay, maybe that sounds a little forced, but it is genuine. I really do appreciate the scenery here, and I do like to go for walks. I will enjoy walks in the woods even more once the slush is off the trail and there's no longer danger of me slipping off a cliff. Danger is always a factor in AK--what am I saying! Just as this pristine view is only a block away, so too are all the feral animals nearby, and the landslides and the rush of the snowmelt that swells the river. Roses and thorns and all, is beauty ever without danger?

Respect the planet, y'all. She can wipe us all out in a day if she wanted.

Be thankful. We live with an incredible Organism.

Let's keep Her beautiful.