It's been a week of new foods...

This week my principal gave me a piece of seal jerky; it had a strong fish odor, but the taste was not strong! He gave me a large piece, so I shared with my students when they arrived in the morning - needless to say, it didn't last long!

I had reindeer stew...

I was sitting at my desk the other afternoon and Lenny, one of our custodians, came into my room with a smile and bag - he said, "For you.." and handed me a bag of moose meat! I almost cried because when a local native displays such kindness, you know you're doing something right in their home! I cut up the meat this morning and it is in the crock pot as I type this - it will be shared with fellow teachers and I will take Lenny a bowl of moose stew for his lunch tomorrow.

I also was given a very full bag of cranberries by another local teacher! It was my week for blessings and kindness! Thank you to Fanny for this wonderful gift - these will be put into muffins one weekend coming soon and I hope Fanny enjoys the gifting back of a muffin!

I went berry picking for a few hours yesterday afternoon (hopefully I will be going again today!) - there are still a lot of blueberries and black berries (aka crow berries as they are called here). My main mission was to pick cranberries! I have about 3/4 of a gallon Ziplock baggie from yesterday's pickings.. it was a beautiful day yesterday!

Some of us teachers got together last night for a game of Mexican Train Dominoes. I had never played before, but now it is one of my favorite Domino games! I totally lost with the highest score (the goal is to have the lowest,)

Have a great week everyone - I love you mom!