Matt Hill haunted the house where my mother spent her summers in central Idaho.
He was a fixture of the Finnish population in the Long Valley, where he owned land, operated a dance hall, an illegal still, and a sauna. I'm told there are people buried on the property.
During the long Idaho winters, legend had it that Matt would close the dance hall, surround himself with the still's output, and sit in the southeastern corner of the house watching the snow come down. He wouldn't move from that corner until the roads became passable again.
Now, I will have to fact check this with my cousins. There are a great many more stories involving axes and a wife or two fleeing for her life. I did see the marks where he tried to break down a door with an axe and kill his wife.
Things get very Stephen King during the winter in Idaho. Especially when you have jugs of White Lightning to spare.
On the other hand, Matt seems to have had the bones of a good idea.
Survive until spring.
If you can do it in some kind of a haze, even better.
But, thanks to the wonders of modern science, infographics help us pinpoint and solve our unhappiness during the dark time.
As you gear up for yet another time of cold, failure, and everything else that makes it hard to process the first quarter of 2014, here is a quick set up of ways to be happy.
A big shout out to Jonathan Malkin, who posted this on his Google+ page (+Jonathan Malkin) via +Doctor Ivan Ferrero - Digital Psychologist, via the Huffington Post.
Print this out. Do one of these things EVERY DAY. Please note none of the options include spending the winter staring out a window with a a jug full of hooch.
Let me know how you do: here, on Twitter @TamarCerafici (#happinesshooch), or on the Tumblr @ BlueBook of Happiness.
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| This is what Matt Hill had to look during the winter. It was about 10 degrees (F) when I took this picture, so don't get all sweet about how pretty it is. |
During the long Idaho winters, legend had it that Matt would close the dance hall, surround himself with the still's output, and sit in the southeastern corner of the house watching the snow come down. He wouldn't move from that corner until the roads became passable again.
Now, I will have to fact check this with my cousins. There are a great many more stories involving axes and a wife or two fleeing for her life. I did see the marks where he tried to break down a door with an axe and kill his wife.
Things get very Stephen King during the winter in Idaho. Especially when you have jugs of White Lightning to spare.
On the other hand, Matt seems to have had the bones of a good idea.
Survive until spring.
If you can do it in some kind of a haze, even better.
But, thanks to the wonders of modern science, infographics help us pinpoint and solve our unhappiness during the dark time.
A big shout out to Jonathan Malkin, who posted this on his Google+ page (+Jonathan Malkin) via +Doctor Ivan Ferrero - Digital Psychologist, via the Huffington Post.
Print this out. Do one of these things EVERY DAY. Please note none of the options include spending the winter staring out a window with a a jug full of hooch.
Let me know how you do: here, on Twitter @TamarCerafici (#happinesshooch), or on the Tumblr @ BlueBook of Happiness.
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