alisatanakakingNov 3, 20171 minWaterDear 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...
alisatanakakingOct 24, 20172 minOn Story TellingDear 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...
alisatanakakingOct 22, 20171 minPart Three: DesertDear 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...
alisatanakakingOct 3, 20172 minForest RomperDear Jim, There is a word that I like at the moment. Romping. [verb] (especially of a child or anima) to play roughly and energetically...
alisatanakakingSep 28, 20172 minSHIIIIIIIIIIPDear 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...
alisatanakakingSep 20, 20173 minPart Two: ForestDear Jim, There are many important things to know about mushrooms. But one thing that I did not previously know about mushrooms is this:...
alisatanakakingSep 8, 20171 minThe First EndingDear 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...
alisatanakakingSep 4, 20172 minThe Northern LightsDear 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...
alisatanakakingSep 2, 20173 minSami, Yoik, and the Age Old Art of Story TellingDear 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...
alisatanakakingAug 31, 20171 minOde to (arctic) SheepDear Jim, The sheep here are strange. In fact they are down right weird. But they are hilarious. They are everywhere. They are very...
alisatanakakingAug 29, 20172 minThe end of the worldDear 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...
alisatanakakingAug 26, 20173 minA ThingDear 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...
alisatanakakingAug 23, 20171 minSome SnapshotsDear 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...
alisatanakakingAug 21, 20174 minOn 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...
alisatanakakingAug 19, 20171 minPart One: ArcticDear 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...
alisatanakakingAug 17, 20172 minThe 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...
alisatanakakingAug 15, 20172 minMapping Out the JourneyDear 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...