Sunday, July 27, 2014

Sunday morning

A day to assess. Am I losing weight or just latching my belt tighter, lower? Maybe I'll assess again next Sunday.  Today we head for chena river hot springs.

Worked late last night on a painting started two days ago. Cold evening with not so great a result. Had some folks stop by to chat. One an Eskimo girl in flip flops with lots of different, overlapping stories. Definitely a fluid version of her current and past circumstances.

Yesterday dawned sunny. We went to university Alaska Fairbanks and their museum of the north. Up on a hill. There was denali/McKinley in the south. Not a basin and range scenario but a dominating presence floating above an hazy middle distance. Not as startling as the various roadside moose we saw coming up from tok, but only because not so immediate. There were lots of denali images locally in the museum and local shops, so it dominates. And lots of interesting stories of Alaska and life in Alaska. The tourist info center had great day in the life displays. A nice museum in its own right.

Spoke with some locals and yes - winter here is severe. And this summer is cooler and rainier than last summer. No forest fires now as last year. We have the cool weather we were seeking.

Attended the farmers market. Permanent structure plus lots of outside booths. Probably over a hundred booths. Lots of arts/crafts and LOTS of prepared foods. Bandstand among the birches. Tomatoes for$6.00/lb. Reindeer hot dogs at $6.50 each.

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