encounters

While camping at the military campground outside of Anchorage an excited neighbor knocked on our door and said that there is a bear in the back of truck. I thought how could a bear get into the bed of the truck, it has a bed cover. No, she said, the bear is inside the truck. Sure enough...

Last night it was cold crisp and a very quiet winter night when I stepped outside. At first, I just breathed deep as I had been stuck inside doing important but unhappy stuff. Then a heard an owl in the tree across the street and another one behind the house answer and another one down the block...