In Alaska, you will see no goose

Swimming on open waters

Because the temperature is a

Minus 32 degrees and

Everything is frozen solid

The moose are having trouble

Traversing through the snow

So they travel the railroad tracks

The trains have to slow down

To avoid serious moose-train wrecks

Eventually, the moose skitter off

The tracks until the train passes

Then they resume the easier trail

To capture this on film would be

A wonder but it has been done

It is incredible to see but in

In times of need, everything is

Possible and life goes on.  We

Must praise God for instinct or

We would never survive. Today

It is 25 degrees in the Upper 

Peninsula of Michigan and the

Sun is so bright with the reflections

Of the lake that it is blinding

And you have to block it out

In order to see. A tale of two northern

Locations that are both cold

But in this case 60 degrees apart

I like the U.P. but the sun is

Maddening when you are trying

To write. Later, of course, we will be

Wishing for more.

Stanski

December 20, 2022, ^