HI!

Apologies for the radio silence. Photos will be posted tomorrow but the past week has been crazy. A brief summary of this week's events:

- SCHOOL (first course is juuuuust about finished, eep).

- Blizzard! So much snow!

- Freezing temperatures are no fun and no one packed enough warm clothing. Also, the entire infrastructure of the islands were not built for -22 degree weather.

- When the weather is really cold for several days pipes freeze. Then the frozen pipes burst. Yay!

- We've been having rolling black outs the past couple of days due to wind and snow, meaning no internet and no electric heat (BURR) but thankfully the gas range still works!

- Looking for a new place due to incompatibility with landlord. We're working to keep our new little family together and move by the end of the week. Lots of drama but also amazing support from the whole program.

- So many amazing speakers in class this week. Lots of discussion of community and place and space and 'development.'

- We all spent Friday-Saturday off the grid, in the POURING rain in tiny cabins in North Beach. All potable water froze. North Beach is gorgeous. Tlell is empty. Port Clements has the best grocery store on-island. Masset isn't as nice as Charlotte but has more stuff to offer in terms of stores and so on.

- During the above-mentioned trip there were lots of fires and gas lamps, flaming hoola hoops, surfing, and I may or may not have ripped my last pair of pants jumping from a loft onto a guy with rainbow dreadlocks. It seemed like such a good idea at the time...

- In Port at a friend's house, having elk for dinner!

- I'm hitting the thrift store tomorrow for new pants.