Signs of spring in Sitka: Snow, bears and herring

Flakes falling like wet socks from the skies, coating alder branches and truck hoods and boat anchors. Dumps followed by the cold right hook of a sunny day, clack of snow shovel scraping gravel. A snowman with a torso made of ice from a 5-gallon bucket. Radish eyes. Varied thrush in the maple outside our home, kicking snow from the branches. Insisting spring isn't too far away, despite all evidence to the contrary.

My wife Rachel orders seeds off the internet, the vision of dirt turned warm in our hands easing these ice-pinched days.

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