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Jan 12, 2012 | 11:19 pm

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Seat 2A

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Originally Posted by Chugach

I spent five years in Interior Alaska and loved it, and would move back if I could. Great place to live. The summers are the best you'll ever find in Alaska, and the winters are beautiful, with none of the freeze-thaw-freeze yoyo's that other winter cities (ahem, Anchorage) get. 40 below admittedly gets old after a few days, but fortunately it is the exception and not the rule.

I still live in the Interior and have for the past 23 years. I echo your well penned sentiments 100%! I'd like to add to them this poem by my favorite Chinese poet, Li Bai, which describes my feeling for life up here north of the Alaska Range most exquisitely:

QUESTION AND ANSWER

You ask me:

Why do I live
On this green mountain?

I smile
No answer

My heart serene

On flowing water
Peachblow
Quietly going
Far away

This is another earth
Another sky

No likeness
To that human world below

Last edited by Seat 2A; Jan 12, 2012 at 11:24 pm

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