Spring is the twitchiest time of the year. The xylem is moving in the trees, bringing fuel to the buds. Flowers are emerging. Critters are pairing off. It’s a heightened time of sensations. In Alaska, it was always a tricky time. The return of the sunlight makes people restless. A person teetering on the knife’s edge of stable mental health, can go over. The rush of serotonin resembles the breakup of Alaska rivers, chaotic and indomitable.
The struggle of the bud, to become a leaf
Can’t wait!