How smoothies have started to solve my problems.
Author: leetharose
Word of the Week
Katak: (ku•tuk) verb. 1. Inupiaq word that translates to the verb fall.
Side Note: It may be for all conjugations, but the students use it with English endings if they “conjugate” it at all. “He kataked. It katak. He katak it. I katak.”
When heading anywhere but the store and school is over-stimulation.
Open waters not too far from the island
"Oh, I just thought....are you her daughter?"
-student to my visiting friend, Brittni, about how she knows me.
Side note: This happened again in a different setting.
Because sometimes those “warnings” spread around on social media or chain e-mails are worth heeding.
What does one do with a visitor in a remote village?
Word of the Week
Chuckerator: (chuk•ə•rādər) noun. 1. When it is so cold outside that your cunnychuck can serve as a refrigerator or freezer.
Side Note: Chuckerator is just a word used by some of my coworkers, but it often results in slushy or frozen pop and can be a good place to keep extra freezer items…if you keep an eye on the temps.
Touristing Around Kivalina
To all my teacher friends, thank you…now go home and take a break!
When weather prevents you from starting Spring Break away on the day you had planned…
Student: *looks up weather in class* "Oooo, it's 40ºF outside!" Me: *shakes head* "check again" S: "Ooooo, it's 16ºF outside!" Student proceeds to "hula dance" while singing: "It is so warm outside."This happened last week while we were in the middle of a blizzard with up to 70 mph winds...
Tumbleweed Soul 