“Other engines might freeze and choke, but that oldest of all motors, the heart, whose fuel is blood and whose spark is courage, never stalls but once.” – From an editorial in the New York Sun, February 1925, as quoted in The Cruelest Miles by Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury.
Thank you for that beautiful story. I know of the race but never heard its origin. Thank you for that. And thank you for reminding us how working as a team gets us through life.
So enjoy your posts!!
PS: My dad, like yours, always dreamed of going to Alaska. His dream came true when he + my mom flew there where he flew in a smaller plane over the glaciers. He was thrilled.
Oh, I bet he loved that! I think the trip was really special for my brother and my father on so many levels. I'm so glad they got to go. Glad you loved the Great Serum Run story. It's quite a tale.
Love how you reminded me of Balto and the reason he rested in my memory. Thanks, Sylvie.
Goodness, layers of examples about forging on toward a seemingly impossible, always challenging goal. Hmmm… wonder what inspired this “good thing”?
By the way, the literary qualities for a Hero include a normal person, who is reluctant to go on the journey/quest (Think Bilbo in The Hobbit or Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.) Yet our Heroine forges on. Granted, there are always helpers, even a bit of magic (Luck?) as well as setbacks, and villains… and sometimes it isn’t even the hero who does in the villain.
And sometimes - like in Harry Potter - seeming “enemies” aren’t really.
I’d like to go to Alaska, and I’d like to ride on a dog sled.🙂. Can do this last bit in Maine…. Can be part of a quest to overcome evil, too.
Thank you for your beautiful post and for including Jud Caswell’s wonderful song. A lovely way to end the day.
Thank you, Carol! And thank you for your in-person comment this morning as well!
Hi Sylvia. Katie forwarded this to me and I love it. As a former Minnesotan you know I love stories of northern lore.
Of course! I had forgotten your Minnesota roots -- but remembered the moment you mentioned it here in your comment. Thanks!
Sylvia
Thank you for that beautiful story. I know of the race but never heard its origin. Thank you for that. And thank you for reminding us how working as a team gets us through life.
So enjoy your posts!!
PS: My dad, like yours, always dreamed of going to Alaska. His dream came true when he + my mom flew there where he flew in a smaller plane over the glaciers. He was thrilled.
Oh, I bet he loved that! I think the trip was really special for my brother and my father on so many levels. I'm so glad they got to go. Glad you loved the Great Serum Run story. It's quite a tale.
Love how you reminded me of Balto and the reason he rested in my memory. Thanks, Sylvie.
Goodness, layers of examples about forging on toward a seemingly impossible, always challenging goal. Hmmm… wonder what inspired this “good thing”?
By the way, the literary qualities for a Hero include a normal person, who is reluctant to go on the journey/quest (Think Bilbo in The Hobbit or Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.) Yet our Heroine forges on. Granted, there are always helpers, even a bit of magic (Luck?) as well as setbacks, and villains… and sometimes it isn’t even the hero who does in the villain.
And sometimes - like in Harry Potter - seeming “enemies” aren’t really.
I’d like to go to Alaska, and I’d like to ride on a dog sled.🙂. Can do this last bit in Maine…. Can be part of a quest to overcome evil, too.
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