Cool and so cathartic! Is Alaska prepared for the mass migration of a despairing nation who are now thinking 'I will be Wolf too' for the next 4 years!!! Just think of the opportunity... I mean franchise workshops called 'How to Wolf!'
I love all of this—your writing makes survival sound incredibly inviting in the chaotic mess we find ourselves in. We recently moved to Sequim, WA, a quaint little town at the tip of the Olympic Peninsula. I feel closer to nature here, which is how I plan to survive the next few years.
Oh I love that! My husband’s cousin lives in Sequim. He loves it! He says he can grow the biggest produce there! He said it’s like Juneau, but much better weather, and extremely white, lol
The weather is perfect for so many things. My geraniums are still blooming and look better than this summer when in the high desert of central Oregon. And yeah, sadly, it’s pretty white, but people here seem real, doing their own thing and not pretentious. That rates high in my book.
Mine too! That sounds like my husband‘s cousin as well. He’s a lifelong commercial fisherman. Still comes up to Alaska in the summer to fish, even in his 60s.
Summer, wow! This is the ultimate F Stack. So feral and feminine, taking we in the lower 48 on a mind safari through graveyards of bones protruding from snow drifts and a madhouse. What a great piece! We have our own aging canis lupus keeping us as tethered to the wilds as we can be in south suburbia by-the-sea. His name is Kodiak 😏
Kodiak is a 102 lb 13 year old Alaskan Malamute. No wolf reported from the vets, but many who see him ask! My daughter rescued him when he ran in front of her car on Santa Monica Blvd. He was 6 months when he arrived here on Thanksgiving that year. We had some serious training episodes with him. Apparently Mals love to run away and hide. He’s famous in the neighborhood bec he escapes & goes visiting - and still does as 13!
That sounds like huskies and our last dog, too! part husky, part wolf. always running off, esp when the wolves would howl in the mountains! like he was looking for his mates!
“…kalsarikännit, the Finnish of drinking at home alone in your underwear.”
DEAD. 😂
I feel seen.
This was wonderful!! 😍
Yay!!!!!!!!!! thank you!!!!!!!
(Edit: the Finnish ART of drinking…)
Cool and so cathartic! Is Alaska prepared for the mass migration of a despairing nation who are now thinking 'I will be Wolf too' for the next 4 years!!! Just think of the opportunity... I mean franchise workshops called 'How to Wolf!'
Haha! I've been telling my family to buy property because with global warming and insanity, the Last Frontier sounds very appealing!
In retrospect, after reading this, it really doesn’t surprise me that I understand it all!
Doesn't surprise me either lol
To which I just add: ARRRROOOOOOOO!!! Happy Thanksgiving to yoooouuuuu!
ARRRRRRROOOOOOOOO to you back!!!!!!!
Kalsarikannit..I invented that. Never knew it was a thing. No longer ashamed now that I know my little lupine friend does the same. 🌹
Hahahaha! well thank you for inventing that! And I love that you used the word lupine. I also love the flower :-) very Alaskan
Absolutely the best 😎. Thanks for being a bright light in a dark world.
Thanks as always, Brien!
Wonderfully written: inventive, moving, the whole shebang.
Thanks so much, Peter!
I love all of this—your writing makes survival sound incredibly inviting in the chaotic mess we find ourselves in. We recently moved to Sequim, WA, a quaint little town at the tip of the Olympic Peninsula. I feel closer to nature here, which is how I plan to survive the next few years.
Oh I love that! My husband’s cousin lives in Sequim. He loves it! He says he can grow the biggest produce there! He said it’s like Juneau, but much better weather, and extremely white, lol
The weather is perfect for so many things. My geraniums are still blooming and look better than this summer when in the high desert of central Oregon. And yeah, sadly, it’s pretty white, but people here seem real, doing their own thing and not pretentious. That rates high in my book.
Mine too! That sounds like my husband‘s cousin as well. He’s a lifelong commercial fisherman. Still comes up to Alaska in the summer to fish, even in his 60s.
"the future is still female" Agreed! or there is not much of a future to be had. I just hope I live long enough to see it.
Stay feral!
Haha! good point! why am I laughing? I don’t know! better than crying!
Big smile!
Thank you, Lee! and yay!
Gosh. Brilliant writing. Thank you from one feral dog to another.
Aoooo!!!!! Thanks, James!
i love this one !!!
Thanks so much, Papadas! And thanks for sharing!
"So very clever," I say as I howl at the moon.
Thank you, Trish!
Brilliant!
Thank you, Julie!
Summer, wow! This is the ultimate F Stack. So feral and feminine, taking we in the lower 48 on a mind safari through graveyards of bones protruding from snow drifts and a madhouse. What a great piece! We have our own aging canis lupus keeping us as tethered to the wilds as we can be in south suburbia by-the-sea. His name is Kodiak 😏
Love it! is he part wolf? We had a dog who was part wolf :-)
Kodiak is a 102 lb 13 year old Alaskan Malamute. No wolf reported from the vets, but many who see him ask! My daughter rescued him when he ran in front of her car on Santa Monica Blvd. He was 6 months when he arrived here on Thanksgiving that year. We had some serious training episodes with him. Apparently Mals love to run away and hide. He’s famous in the neighborhood bec he escapes & goes visiting - and still does as 13!
That sounds like huskies and our last dog, too! part husky, part wolf. always running off, esp when the wolves would howl in the mountains! like he was looking for his mates!
So vivid and potent.
Thank you, MM!