Okay I know, you’re thinking, “Hey Willie misspelled Home,” or maybe the sharper tacks out there are thinking, “Hey Willie is in Alaska.” Perhaps others are wondering, like me, if misspelled is misspelled (one “s” or two?)
No I am not in Alaska, but I am in Dixmont, Maine, where the snowplowers motto is, “A little snow will give you traction.” They don’t seem to be able to get the last few inches of snow off the road and it eventually gets packed into ice, which believe me, does not give you traction, especially when driving a rear wheel drive van. Ahh, but I digress. I am not here to take shots at poor Mariah, my long suffering 96 Dodge Van who admittedly has cost more than some marriages I was in.
No this story or blog or rant is about living in Maine in the winter (which is from November to June). Actually, it isn’t even technically winter yet, it is still fall, but there are two feet of snow on the ground and more on the way tomorrow, so it is easy to call it winter.
I am sitting here wishing I had gotten more wood stacked on the back porch and listening to the furnace burn up my children’s inheritance (hehe, well okay) and I just got an idea. I wondered if it was any worse in Alaska. I found a webcam online for Nome, Alaska, and checked it out. You can to at http://www.nomealaska.org/vc/cam-page.htm.
What you will see is a snow covered place that is dark and gloomy, sort of like the view out my back door on most days. It really doesn’t look much different. Did I mention it was 2 degrees today with a wind chill that registered well below zero? So whether you hail from Nome or Dixmont, or Frostbite Falls, raise a glass or two of cheer and enjoy yourself, because there really is no place like Nome, or Home, for the holidays.
Pardon me, the glass is a little more than half empty.
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