My heart throbs for the mountains, veiled in the purple atmosphere. I can almost feel the warmth of the crackling fire, whispering in the woodstove, the embers glowing. My memory flashes before me as I write, and I hear the ice crunch beneath my boots. My sister and I would walk out of the warm cabin and into the lonely forest some nights. We were the only people for miles around and it was weird to have complete silence. A car would pass by on the highway once every hour. Its headlights making the snow glow. For days we had no electricity, running water, or heat. The days spent embarking on adventures through the mountains and the nights spe