Mood:
Terri and I have had to face a few things over the last few months. Our magazine, "Midnight Sun Rider" is not going to be a success. As a result of poor advertising revenue we have been forced to discontinue production. We are in the process of prorating refunds to our many subscribers and hope to have most done before the end of the year.
We currently have enough content to have produced two issues, unfortunately it is doubtful that it will ever be published. That is a true loss.
MSR received several kudos for its layout, quality content and community approach to covering the Alaska motorcycle scene. These compliments were very much appreciated by not only Terri and I, but the many contributing writers and photographers whose work we were proud to feature.
To say that this process has left me predisposed is both true and not true. I found myself unable to do much more than report to my job for the last several weeks. It is only as of late that I have found the gumption to sit down and make some of the many changes, and notifications necessary in this endeavor. Closing down a business that has touched every corner of this rather large state is no small task.
The good news in this is that new opportunities now present themselves, and we are starting a few things in motion that will eventually lead to some big changes in our lives.
Winter winds leave evidence of their passing on the bare branches of Cottonwood and Birch. A ghostly hand raps mockingly on the garage door, where locked within are memories of summers past and promises of an awakened landscape now at rest beneath a white blanket of frost.
Depressed? I can't deny it, but we’ll be fine in time.