Sometimes It Goes the Other Way

[glaenconer]

Ennis hooked up with a crew from Atlantic Richfield working the Prudhoe Bay area on the forty-ninth state’s north slope, nosing around for more black gold.  It was always cold, the seasons stuck in one long winter, a barren stretch with no promise of spring that suited Ennis’s outlook to a T.  Work was hard, especially on the hands, and Ennis lost

Comments

[mobody]

Never far enough away. Your words are beautiful

Sometimes 10

[cwby30]

Mornin'.

Well, felt a great loneliness when reading this, and the last chapter reminded me of the first italicized paragraphs of OS, the older Ennis, just existing, without Jack except in his dreams and longings. Wonder how he'll react when he finds out that Alaska wasn't far enough away.

End that bankroll. Maybe together they could earn enough for that cow and calf operation.

Like the progression, another take on how things could have been different had they taken a chance and let life happen.

Thanks again.

[samtyr]

"Maybe this was far enough away."

--Nothing will ever be far enough away because their bond cannot be broken by mere distance. Or anything else, for that matter.

deliberate freezing himself

[ellenlj]

except for the one morning memory ...

fingers crossed that Jack reaches him in the next chapter!

Thanks

Ellen

[my_lil_darlin]

Ummmm, cold ice fields mixed with warm memories of Jack. A guy could do worse.