Alison
 
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0 posted 12-02-2008 12:46 AM
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Dear Kacy,
I feel compelled to write to you tonight. Yes, I could email my letter, but I don't want to. So, I won't. I am a bit self-indulgent that way. But, I have a reason for posting my letter. Too often, we write when people need prayers or reassurance. We write when we miss them and they move on for a bit. We wonder where they are ... and, maybe, we email them ask if they are okay. Usually, we just wonder and go about our day.
So why a letter to you?
Well, I feel a connection to you. You lived in the interior where I live. You know about the Northern Lights and ice fog and -55 below days. You know about plugging in the car and stoking the woodstove and how wood splits better when it gets colder outside. You know about wild iris on the roadsides and 24 hours of daylight in the summer and twenty hours of darkness in the winter. You understand when I say I never wear a dress. You know what Bunny Boots are. You know that a fashion statement in Alaska is patterned Polar Fleece.
Without knowing me, you knew me when I came to PiP. Without knowing you, I saw your name and knew you. It's a link thing - and I feel it strongly with you.
My second reason is that as you fight for health, I want you to know how often I think about you. Little things make me smile - I remember first hearing about Gaia in Physical Geogrpahy - the professor said I would like the class because he used cartoons teaching it. Who would not love a class like that? I pictured looney toons and he meant graphs and charts. He was a cruel joke all by himself and I worked hard to torture him (and succeeded) in every class of his I took. Your love of nature shines with every poem you post. I have learned to see the world differently through your eyes and words. Thank you.
My next reason is your writing about the Oregon Coast (your "Nessie") comes to mind as I write this to you. I have always loved the Oregon Coast. If I left Alaska and could move anywhere - yep, it would be the Oregon Coast. I would want to live on a secluded part of the beach with no one around. I would want large windows in my house so I could see the water all the time (Hey, it's my dream!!!). I love the beach, waves and rocks of the Oregon Coast - heck, I even love the rain.
Finally, I want you to know that you have changed me in some ways. I see my day with more awareness of the beauty around me. I saw the sliver of the moon tonight over the mountains towards Delta and thought of you. The moon was orange and the mountains were barely visible. I thought of you.
Kacy, that is who you are to me. You are all the beauty of nature wrapped around my day.
Thank you for sharing pieces of you.
Alison
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