For those of you who forgot Alaska exists and is part of the USA, we link to "A Lass in Alaska," the trials and triumphs of a small-town, small woman with a big heart, in the big state! Our adjectives fail us!

READ — as she adjusts to life without trees or sunlight!

WONDER — at her diction, as cabin fever infests her brain!

THRILL — as she attempts to walk around on ice-covered roads, sidewalks, ground, etc.!

CHEER — as she is bewitched by the auroras borealis!

Actually, any person wishing to be educated in the ways of our far-flung neighbors — so far-flung that they might as well be part of the other hemisphere — would do well to visit the Lass and wish her well.