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Where to begin? This is my fifth year, and 5th trip to Kotlik, I think... I'm almost a permanent resident, but only in my own mind. I...

The Beginning

Well, this will be the last blog post from Alaska. I am sitting in Anchorage waiting for my flight to Seattle after 8 weeks in the bush....

Another week gone, and the end is sadly in sight. I miss my bed. I miss pizza. But even with all of the anxiety of getting here. And then...

Okay. So its been over a week since I last wrote a blog post. Forgive me for that, I got both busy for a while and then lazy for a while...

Agasanermi agasaneq-mi sunday-LOC(on) The river is once again a rapidly moving trench of thick slush, its gets more and more solid...

Aipiritmi aipirin-mi tuesday-LOC(on) On tuesday, I woke up early ready to go elicit some demonstratives and LOCatives and what not from...

Maqinermi /maq.ɩn.əɣ.m̥i/ Saturday was a bland day. I know this because now on Monday I'm having a difficult time remembering what I did....

Aipiritmi /ay.pɩ.ɣɩt.m̥i/ Nothing happened Tuesday. It was raining pretty hard, so I woke up, and went back to sleep. After eventually...

Monday Week 4. The beginning of the middle has begun. And the middle is always good, right? I began my day by getting out and about and...

Maqinermi (On Saturday) Nothing much really happened today. I woke up and did some writing for the sake of writing. I did some reading...

I woke up rested and refreshed. Perhaps my best night of sleep so far. I was ready to go and so I went. I went to check on the recorder I...

Last night after moose burgers, which were delicious by the way... they're denser than hamburgers and darker (if darker can possibly...

Aipiritmi (On Tuesday) Well, the freeze has begun. There's about 6-12 feet of ice on each bank of the river now. It's getting colder and...

Maqineq (Saturday) Well not much to tell about Saturday, I got exhausted of my routine so I reopened a silly, free fantasy book I got on...

Aipirin (Tuesday) Today was a work day. I finished my grant and proofread everything. I read some more of my book. I looked over my data...

Makineq (Saturday) With the North-Eastern winds whipping across the tundra and the pitter patter of the infrequent 5 minute rain fall...

-Happy Thanksgiving Canada! My day was uneventful again, I slept in because there is no reason to waking up before anyone else. Then I...

I just made myself dinner. So I thought I'd describe where I'm living in more detail, because it truly is foreign and fascinating to me....

Today was a long-ish day, but a good one. I slept in a bit which was nice, then went off to talk to people around town. I started by...