Liquefaction and Other Worries

Things To Worry About         

1) Back fat

2) Did I turn the coffee pot off?

3) The e-mail fired off in irritation and haste

4) Liquefaction

Things I have some control over: back fat, coffee pot, e-mails

Things I have no control over but am being told I should “be haunted by” – liquefaction.

“All Alaskans should be haunted by liquefaction.” Michael West, state seismologist, Anchorage Daily News, March 24, 2014

Liquefaction: a phenomenon in which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by earthquake shaking i.e. solid ground turns into jello.

Things We Don't Need Anymore

1) Daylight Savings Time
 
2) The Electoral College

3) Football
 Disclaimer: My hair dresser Shawna suggested this one. Don't be mad at me.
3a) Wild Card Playoff spot - also suggested by Shawna. I didn't fully understand this but think doing away with football in general takes care of it.

4) The Kardashians

A.H.

Hope Haiku

Across Cook Inlet
I can see a piece of Hope
many miles away.

A.H.

Note: Hope, Alaska is a sweet little town about 80 miles from Anchorage.

Haiku

That sound, soft and moist
far below the melting snow,
is it spring breathing?

A.H.

Domestic Politics

I pulled a Putin
and invaded
my husband's space
while he was gone.
Positioned the cats
to protect the border
but they will defect
when he comes
in the door.

A.H.

Alaskana -Iditarod Special

True or False (choose one): The Iditarod Air Force is an elite group of fighter pilots based in Alaska to protect against Russian aggression (can you say Ukraine)?

False. The Iditarod Air Force is an all volunteer group of bush pilots who assist with ferrying whatever is needed during the Iditarod. This could include race officials, journalists or injured dogs.

It is true that I've failed once again in my quest to be the first-ever cat musher to run the Iditarod. My plan was to train Tom and Baxter and then build my team from there.  Baxter, being a hefty cat, should be a good puller. Alas, neither cat seems the least bit interested in acquiring the necessary skill and discipline.

A.H.

SEW WHAT?

Is it a symbol of our times
that no one gives a darn
if they can thread a needle
or be nimble with a thimble?
No longer do we tend to mend,
or save what can be useful,
we are wasteful, there's no doubt,
we just throw things out.

 ***
Snow ladens the boughs,
reminder of a season
renewing its vows.

mce