THE GAIAX NEWS
JULY 25, 1963
PAGE 19
(THE SNOWS KILL GOME CON*D FROM PAGE l)
for all those who can appreciate it.
August is just around the corner with
her floral displays, rainy, humid days,
and cool nights. There is refuge here for
those adventurers from the flat lands who
seek to escape the sweltering August heat
of their own locality and who desire the
unique experience of sleeping under blank
ets in August,
In September, many of us will have to
hit the trail to our homes or jobs else
where.
Personally, I look forward to the
opening of school with enthusiasm. You
who do not teach will never &now the joy
of viewing a new class of thirty, forty,
or fifty confused little ones on that im
portant opening day. Here, you see a new
species of flowers which could be called
“blooming idiots*" They "bud" slowly and
some fail to "bloom" at all. But then,
we must think of the joy it gives us when
one does "blossom out," Great is our re
ward in Heaven. We wi.ll be there soon for
no living organism can go without food
forever.
As you can see, I*m mad, , .no, not
really at the children or the world, but
at those lucky "stiffs" who are still roa»
ing over my native stomping grounds back
in the hills. I know that during Septem
ber and October they are viewing the most
breathtaking display of color that God
ever intended for man to see^ and I am
green with envy. If you have never seen
these mountains ablaae with every color
of the rainbow, stick around for the fall
season and you will get a glimpse of
Heaven on earth.
Come November, most of the "flatland
touristers" will have departed and the
businessmen and merchants will count their
money. If they haven*t made it, they join
the other "locals" in the rush to gather
in their potatoes and corn—especially
the corn. You see, a man must live some
how.
The cold blast howls in from the
North in the latter part of November and
with it comes the snow. Those who are
financially able buy up a winter supply of
coal or oil. Some still use wood for heat-|
and cooking purposes. Those who can’t get
wood slowly freeze. This serves a useful
purpose, because the body processes are
slowed down considerably, and those so
affected, age slowly and consume less food.
Spring always comes in time to thaw them
out again.
This should explain a lot to some of
you early comers. I suppose you have no
ticed that it is very hard to get a plumb
er, electrician, or yard worker when you
need them. "Well, they aren^t thawed out
yet." Seriously, the winters here are
not so bad. As a matter of fact, they
present an opportunity for the people here
to slow down and enjoy living in true
mountain tradition.
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can be. If you have never awakened and
found yourself in a whiter-than-white win
ter wonderland, you have truly missed some
thing. Nothing can be more beautiful than
the firey glitter from the ice and snow
under a rising sun. Nothing can be more
soul-refreshing than walking alone down a
snow-covered path on a windless day. There
is no noise except the crunch of dry snow
under your feet. Truly, no quietness in
the world can equal this.
If you have never scaled one of the
5,000 foot moimtains in Standing Indian
Refuge, before daylight, in ten or fifteen
degree weather, in pursuit of "Old Mossy
you have missed something. It you
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4 o ^ X • ^ j have never thrown a plug in the mouth of
a battling rainbow trout in cold, blue
Lake Glenville on a beautiful fall day,
you have missed even more. If you have
never ice skated in your life, you would
(CON*D ON NEXT PAGE)
ing, trout fishing, ice skating, and fuss
ing with the old lady.
It is tragic that we cannot find time
to live and to appreciate life for what it