My mental state wanders so far up and down this time of year. One day I'm thinking about the rise of winter and how that makes me look forward to snow and warm clothes and skiing and the aurora borealis and cabin trips and hot wood stoves and.... the list goes on. Other days I think about the darkness and the days that crackle with cold, so cold that my truck's tires have gone square in the night, so cold that breath is sucked out of me when I step outside. The way I get exhausted watching the world through the beam of a headlamp. Then I'll remember the huge star-filled sky and brightest moons and curtains of green northern lights in the night sky, and it all doesn't sound so bad anymore.
In fact, Alaska isn't so dark in the winter, at least not most of the time. Everyone knows we are full of light in the summer but even our winter nights are not so dark. When everything is covered in snow everything reflects. The starlight, moonlight, city lights. And best of all the ethereal green glow of the aurora which can make the entire world look utterly bizarre. Last night I took the dog for a walk and all these thoughts occurred to me. Now, night is much darker than it will be in a month when snow will cover the ground. Autumn can feel like the darkest time of year, maybe that is why these days of increasing darkness are so hard to grasp?
24 August Mileage:
Running: 3 miles
August Totals:
On Foot: 62 miles
By Bike: 113 miles
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