Originally from Wheeling, WV, I worked my way north to the Alaskan Riviera where I landed a regular gig with the Minnifield Communications Network in Cicely.
As you may remember, the last time I felt that way, I jumped on the Harley & let her take me as far away as she would go, got naked, crawled into a cave & blissed out on enough peyote to stun a small bull. 
A quick check of my Farmer's Almanac reminded me that last night was a super-moon - and that's not just hyperbole...it's a verified scientific phenomenon. Our little pasty planetary kid sister is this closest she'll be to us and last night - she sure put on a show...(2/n) 
...and maybe more importantly, what we're going to do with this day. I'm not necessarily talking about the whole karmic enchilada, although I certainly subscribe to that jam. No - I'm being far more fundamental. You see, this whole coronavirus thing has got me thinking...(2/n)
It's 32°F and cloudy this morning here in Cicely, heavy overcast and lots of ominous grey clouds up there. Speaking of clouds, I think it's about time we start thinking about silver linings, if you will forgive me the ham-fisted cliche...(2/n)
Yes, Cicely we’re fast approaching the 4th Thursday of November – that day Ms. Sarah J. Hale promoted into the hallowed halls of holiday-hood....Thanksgiving. 
The Cicely Lady Marmots basketball team have their first home game tonight over at the high school. Let's cheer them on and hope that they can win a game this year. They just haven't been the same since Leia Wingfeather left to play point guard at the University of Alaska...
While you're doing all of that, what do you think of the words of Thom Paine who said, "Man did not enter this society to be worse off than he was before, or to have fewer rights than he had before, but to have those rights better secured" ? 
For those of you who celebrate the holiday by acting out the Visigoth spirit, or who are planning some egg throwing or out-house tipping, I have an important police bulletin - please be advised. Alaska's own Inspector Javert, Officer Barbara Semanski is on the prowl...
With sub-zero temperatures just ahead we're going to make like that proverbial ant and prepare. And on that note, I shall read a note. Wally's Gas-N-Go is offering a full line of snow tires and radiator baffles. Ruth-Anne still has three pairs of snow shoes left, all men's XL... 
If Holling has taught me one thing, it's that 'male bonding' doesn't have to be over a beer and a game on the tube...it can be watching a nature special, or maybe trying to catch a photograph of an elusive Blackpoll warbler... 
Maurice has been kind enough to let Cal borrow the 1778 Guarneri del Gesu violin he purchased several years ago to perform upon. And for those of you worried, Officer Semanski will be on hand in case there are any shenanigans... 
In other news, Eve thanks everyone for all the well wishes she received after announcing her self-diagnosis of Q fever last week. Layla, the goat suspected of possessing the transmissible Coxiella burnetii infection, is in quarantine & she & Eve are on doxycycline...again. 