{"id":359,"date":"2011-08-03T13:11:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T20:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.wordpress.com\/?p=359"},"modified":"2011-08-03T13:11:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T20:11:55","slug":"cold-hands-warm-heart-hubbard-glacier-08022011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=359","title":{"rendered":"Cold hands, warm heart – Hubbard Glacier [08\/02\/2011]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Most everyone knows by this point of my tumultuous relationship with Glacier Bay, Alaska. The reasons why I have so much difficulty are myriad and some would find them nonsensical so I won\u2019t go into them here. What I will say though, is that it\u2019s puzzling that while Glacier bay makes me crawl into my cabin and hide for several hours \u2013 sipping tazo zen tea to steady my nerves \u2013 I seem to have the completely opposite relationship with the Hubbard Glacier.<\/p>\n

I do not understand this at all, perhaps it\u2019s just circumstance. I\u2019m a very different person now than I was last year when I first encountered the mammoth wall of ice that is a glacier. Whatever is it hough, I love Hubbard Glacier. Even on days when its overcast, or perhaps especially when it\u2019s overcast. And not just because the glacier looks even bluer when it\u2019s cloudy. No it\u2019s better on cloudy days because it\u2019s quieter on the bow when it\u2019s cloudy<\/p>\n

Passengers you see, are notoriously scared off by the watehr \u2013 show them a drop of rain and a bit of fog and they\u2019ll scurry for the indoor viewing points like rabbits, leaving only the hardiest souls to stand out on the bow.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth it to be hardy.<\/p>\n

Days like this I don\u2019t even bother with a coat when I dash out to the bow during my afternoon shift. I grew up across the street from the ocean, and my office on board is always stiflingly hot on glacier days anyway \u2013 so I welcome the chill in the air. I know I should<\/em> be cold, and the people looking at me \u2013 bareheaded and barearmed in the Alaskan chill \u2013 obviously think I\u2019m insane but I\u2019m not cold. The breeze coming off the water has just enough salt, and somehow taps directly into my bloodstream, cleansing out all the negative energy that\u2019s accumulated over the past week and blasting out all the cobwebs from my mind. One step outside, one deep breath, and I start to feel better.<\/p>\n

And maybe I can\u2019t afford to buy myself the glass of mulled wine that I always want (yes I\u2019ve discovered I can drink wine, if it\u2019s mulled) because the belt is a little tighter than usual this month \u2013 but I can smell it, and on days like this, that\u2019s enough.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a rough go of it emotionally lately, and I apologize to those of you who have noticed that I\u2019ve been a bit down, when I\u2019ve been talking at all. It\u2019s not been on purpose \u2013 but know this: as it always does, the universe handed me just what I needed to feel better.<\/p>\n

Wishing you fair winds, fresh air and following seas,<\/p>\n

Bright blessings<\/p>\n

Shaughnessy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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