Oh, Sun...Where are You?

This summer in Alaska reminds me of the Heehaw song... "Where, oh where, are you tonight? Why did you leave me here all along?" Or maybe it's Shakespeare's Romeo... "O Summer, Summer, wherefore art though Summer?" Nevertheless, aside from a few (three is the last count I've heard), the normal summer days of Alaska are lost. Just for the record, I love not having to deal with 100 degrees plus!

I thought about each of the FCNs this month as I went through the contact list. After passing the milestone of being here a year, there is no doubt that those of you I have met are simply awesome! If possible, I want to meet the rest of you next year. So, here's the plan. I will be touching base through a phone call to each of you over the next few months. I'm also planning trips to regional hubs so we can meet in person. The first stop is in MatSu Valley in mid-August and then I'll be in Homer in the beginning of September. For those of you who are not reachable by driving, we'll have to depend on the phone for now, but I have hopes of some travel in the distant future.

Let me just say, that in the absence of summer heat, the community we found here in Alaska is providing all the warmth for which we could ask. I leave this part of our newsletter with this thought...

The sun will come out Tomorrow, Bet your bottom dollar, That tomorrow, There'll be sun! 

Just thinking about Tomorrow, Clears away the cobwebs, And the sorrow, 'Til there's none!

When I'm stuck in a day, That's gray, And lonely, I just stick out my chin, And grin, And say, Oh...

The sun will come out Tomorrow, So ya gotta hang on, 'Til tomorrow, Come what may

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow! You're always a day away.