Greenland Expedition: the deets

Howdy, folks. Here is an update that’s been a while in the making! If all goes well, our leaving date will be April 28th. Our team will head out onto the actual ice around May 4-5th, leaving from Narsarsuaq. Due to logistical, wind, and life considerations, we’ve changed up our route, so we’ll now be

Some winter COVIDtime updates: boats? and science? and teaching?!?

Hey, ya hoolie baloogans!

Briefly…

Hey!

You exist. Look at these cows.

…

Ok. No good internet. No cows.

Somewhere along the St. Lawrence…

Hello. Yes.
Happy Independence Day, fellow country humans. Happy recent Canada Day, Canadians. Happy…

Somewhere in Orford…

Here we are. You, reading this and doing whatever it is you do. Me. Lying in my bivvy, listening to the mosquito horde about 6 inches from my face thirsting for my blood…

Whoarghh Long Trail connection side trip eh?

Dear y’all,

I was peacefully hiking along, enjoying this breeze and swatting madly at blackflies, horseflies, and the errant mosquito, when suddenly I was overcome by the awful gut sinking feeling that I always get when something horrible is about to happen because of something I’ve done… am currently doing…

Huzzah vacay in the Green Mountains

Hey y’all,

Just a quick update on where things are at. I’ve mashed my noggin full of books and things, gotten my maps, washed my socks, recharged all my batteries, and…

Dropping south! Going north! Such adventure.

Hi hooligans,

This is the dream.

I have been gainfully unemployed for almost 23 months. The teacher in me is distressed at this. I miss my former students, despite my unwelcome ability to make horrible mistakes in class that probably scarred us all forever.

Brightness, 2.0.

Dear humans and crustaceans,

Look at these cool rocks I found. Ok, fine. Really I’m just trying to distract you, because I’ve been procrastinating for about a week and a half on writing this story. It is important (I think) when you’re creating a thing, like writing or music…

On Brightness

Bouleau.

This is the French word for birch.