There are wonderful things about everywhere I’ve been, but there are always not so wonderful things too. This is one of those things.
April Snow Showers
Living in a snow globe world, fluffy spring snow in warm weather!
Category Archive: Alaska
They Came, They Saw, They Slept in Tents – Youth Leadership Conference
A really unique set of visitors to the Arctic. (& a small video showing off my village)
Word of the Week
Brodeo: (brō•dē•ō) noun. 1. Driving in tight circles with a vehicle (ATV), often causing the back wheels to slide out and around. See also: whipping cookies, shitties, doughnuts
Side note: Students have been doing this frequently on the road outside my living room view.
“After this week is over…I think I’ll hibernate for a little while.”
Word of the Week
Rack: (rak) noun. 1. A case of pop.
Side note: I often think of rack as a word that should pertain to something alcoholic, like a flight, when not pertaining to deer. (Or the stories I’ve heard about ‘running the rack’…), so when my students say something about someone buying them a rack, I always need to pause and remind myself of where I am.
Side note: I thought someone was teasing me because I was from Minnesota and we say ‘pop’, by offering me a pop…so I said “Sure, I’ll take a soda”…to later realize that in Alaska, they do indeed use ‘pop’. Home Sweet Home.
It might cost 3x more than the lower 48, but our store is considered one of the best in the district!
Word of the Week
Tupak (tü•puk) verb. 1. Inupiaq word that translates to the verb startle.
Side Note: Similar to katak, the verb doesn’t really have conjugations. “One time, I tupak my mom. You really tupak, eh? The dog make me tupak.”
When you joke about sleeping in your classroom…and it really might not be that much of a joke.
Homesickness is a constant state of my being.
How we spent our spring break week in Anchorage.
Only have one almost spring week in Anchorage? Things to consider!
Tumbleweed Soul 