Writing
Octobering in the Yukon: Losing the Light, Finding the Words
Snow, swans, soup, and shrinking daylight in the Yukon, with a bonus October writing prompt about noticing. Dear Vi, In the Yukon, October is not a lady of leisure. Her sole purpose is to harden off for winter, and she moves fast. October is the month we go from admiring the last of the autumn…
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Dear Vi, It’s foggy this morning. Outside my window, wisps of fog stream past like smoke from a chimney. Wait… maybe it really is smoke. I get up to check. Nope, it’s fog. Relieved, I take another sip of coffee. And then I burst into tears. A couple of months ago, I woke up in…
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