FAN! Even though I'm very "indoorsy"! Love looking out the windows, etc.
It's alot different when your're a woman who's hubby and the guys at work (when I worked) have always scraped the windshield,
warmed up the car, etc.
"Song For A Winter's Night" and "Whispers Of The North" are two of my all-time favorites!
Since sled dog racing is the only sport I love & supreme test of endurance, I always envision this scene while listening to WOTN: It's a clear, frigid moonlit (sp?) night. A million stars in the sky & one on the ground - Gord. He's cracking that whip through the air & yelling commands to his team of dogs. He looks exactly like he does on the Gord's Gold album, only his moustache, beard & eyebrows are full of ice. He's in a hurry... he's coming home to me in 19th century St. Michael Alaska. (seaport) There's more, but you get the idea. I'm so glad he's married to Elizabeth, but this is the one and only time when he is mine. I've had this in my head for many years before they met.
I once asked him about dog sledding and if that was behind the song! He was flabbergasted at the thought. Not his cup of tea! LOL! He said what everyone else already
realized - that it was about his canoe trips up north. He didn't want to borrow my 12+ hours of Ididarod tapes! Well!!!!!!!!
Anyway, I love the snow because I never really have to deal with the unpleasant side of it much and I love Gord's snow songs!
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