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Dear Jim, Today we all got in cars, drove past a land mine field, down a dirt road for over an hour, and watched mountains disappear and...
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alisatanakaking
- Oct 24, 2017
- 2 min
On Story Telling
Dear Jim, When I was little, like quite little, 7 or 8 maybe, I used to make up stories for Mika while we rode in the car. They were...
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alisatanakaking
- Oct 22, 2017
- 1 min
Part Three: Desert
Dear Jim, How do I even begin to describe the desert to you? I thought I knew desert because I come from Australia, and sure, I’ve been...
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alisatanakaking
- Oct 3, 2017
- 2 min
Forest Romper
Dear Jim, There is a word that I like at the moment. Romping. [verb] (especially of a child or anima) to play roughly and energetically...
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alisatanakaking
- Sep 28, 2017
- 2 min
SHIIIIIIIIIIP
Dear Jim, There is a thing that people do here. It’s odd that they remain so enthusiastic, given that it happens multiple times a day. In...
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alisatanakaking
- Sep 20, 2017
- 3 min
Part Two: Forest
Dear Jim, There are many important things to know about mushrooms. But one thing that I did not previously know about mushrooms is this:...
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alisatanakaking
- Sep 8, 2017
- 1 min
The First Ending
Dear Jim, Before you know it, it's time to go. It doesn't matter how much I anticipate it, or how much I try to slow down, these days...
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alisatanakaking
- Sep 4, 2017
- 2 min
The Northern Lights
Dear Jim, Ever since we got here, we've been talking about them. Whether or not we would see them. If it would get dark enough. If the...
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alisatanakaking
- Sep 2, 2017
- 3 min
Sami, Yoik, and the Age Old Art of Story Telling
Dear Jim, It's difficult to write about the weekend that we had. So much happened, but in some ways there is little to say. We travel as...
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alisatanakaking
- Aug 31, 2017
- 1 min
Ode to (arctic) Sheep
Dear Jim, The sheep here are strange. In fact they are down right weird. But they are hilarious. They are everywhere. They are very...
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alisatanakaking
- Aug 29, 2017
- 2 min
The end of the world
Dear Jim, We decided to hike to the most northern point of the island. From here you can see the north pole. It is an overnight hike, and...
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alisatanakaking
- Aug 26, 2017
- 3 min
A Thing
Dear Jim, I did a thing. I say 'thing' because I haven't quite worked out exactly what it is yet. It is a strange culmination of many...
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alisatanakaking
- Aug 23, 2017
- 1 min
Some Snapshots
Dear Jim, Nessy mentioned that you liked to look at the photos I post, so here are some snapshots of around the area for you, to give you...
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alisatanakaking
- Aug 21, 2017
- 4 min
On getting lost.
Dear Jim, Today I got lost. I don't think I've ever been lost like this before. I've lost my way in cities, parks, airports, on roads, on...
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alisatanakaking
- Aug 19, 2017
- 1 min
Part One: Arctic
Dear Jim, There are no trees. I mean, there are shrubs, and large bushes that grow sort of sideways into the ground. But there are no...
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alisatanakaking
- Aug 17, 2017
- 2 min
The Journey. All 21 hours of it.
Dear Jim, We like to think of journeys as poetic don't we? And they are, often. And then sometimes they are not. Sometimes they are just...
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alisatanakaking
- Aug 15, 2017
- 2 min
Mapping Out the Journey
Dear Jim, I'm writing this to you, because often when I'm writing, I feel like I'm writing to you anyway. Even though it's been a long...
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