Comments on: Goldilocks, a Very Cold Winter Night, And a Strange Sense of Empty-ness

By: windyridge

windyridge — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:35:56 +0000

I can relate as I imagine something happening like that in our cabin 3 hours away. It’s not totally remote, but remote enough. Yikes.

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:36:26 +0000

She obviously has some trace vestiges of remorse left – otherwise she would haver drank the scotch too (unless like me she can’t stand the taste)Now Greg – leaving 200 year old scotch anywhere but in a fully locked cabinet guarded by vicious scotch terriers and a couple of the Queen’s Royal House Guards is simply asking for trouble 😉

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:32:35 +0000

Yes, yes, yes, I know all about the “keep the door unlocked for the wandering hiker” and so on. In this case, the wandering hikers needed to work their way past a 24 hour gas station, through a couple of 6 foot snow drifts, and down a windy country road in order to find this particular cabin to seek help getting their tire fixed.The other cabin — the one without the liquor cabinet, but with a perfectly good wood stove — that one’s unlocked in case anyone needs shelter.

By: laurisa

laurisa — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:50:42 +0000

Wierd. A largely unoccupied cabin and a sense of possession. That’s so first world nation, laden.

By: The Ridger

The Ridger — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:29:14 +0000

Hey, don’t forget the bears were more sure of themselves because the intruder was STILL THERE! They’d only been gone an hour or so.

By: BlindSquirrel

BlindSquirrel — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:29:11 +0000

At one time in our country's history the use of unoccupied cabins in a pinch was routine, and cabins were left unlocked for that reason. Read Waldon. The Indians in our part of the country were deeply insulted by settlers locking their cabins when away. Of course, we had real winters back then.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:14:44 +0000

The most shocking part of the story is that you left 200 year old Scotch in a remote cabin.

By: Romeo Vitelli

Romeo Vitelli — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:26:44 +0000

“Romeo: You ADMIT this is YOUR handwriting! We need to have a talk, young man….”Like I’d leave the scotch untouched….

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:01:31 +0000

Maybe I’m weird, but the last time I hung out at someone’s Up North place while they weren’t there, I added to the liquor cabinet. On the other hand, I did set a robot loose.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:11:54 +0000

Romeo: You ADMIT this is YOUR handwriting! We need to have a talk, young man….