Seeing White

Wherever we live, things seem to happen.  Natural disasters, international barbing, record- breaking weather.

In Charlottesville, during the winter of 2009, we experienced one of the region’s worst snow storms in history after everyone had assured me that “Virginia really doesn’t get much snow.”  Shortly after arriving in Korea, North Korea (allegedly) torpedoed a South Korean ship, killing 46 sailors.  Eight months later, North and South Korea reached “crisis status” after the North shelled the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong.  As a respite from life in Korea, and because we couldn’t travel over the holidays due to aforementioned “crisis,” Will and I took a belated honeymoon to New Zealand.  Two days into our trip — and one day after leaving the quaint city – Christchurch was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, killing 181.

North Korea and South Korea seem to be in a peaceful place.  Christchurch is rebuilding.  And here we are in Anchorage.  Amidst the most snow in recorded history.

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Just a little dusting on our deck

The snow just keeps coming.  I don’t mind it though — it’s beautiful, makes for great skiing, and (to me) beats the rain any day.  Then again, we don’t live in Cordova, Alaska, which has received 18 feet of snow over the past few weeks and is now running out of shovels.

Cordova

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But, it sure is pretty.

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