More snow again last night. Took the attached picture this morning from my doorstep.
That's the school in the background. The weekend has flown by, and tomorrow it's back to the classroom. I was in for an hour or so today, getting attendance records up to date, and planning for the week.

september snow

Feeling a little under the weather this weekend with a sore throat, so I haven't been out much. I'll post a picture that is at least a couple of weeks old showing the snow we've had. Sea ice is now forming although the wind takes most of it out again when it blows. It won't be long now though. My snowmobile still has not arrived. Apparently it has been in the airport in Yellowknife for several weeks. I don't know what the holdup is, but I'd just like to get it here so I could relax about it. School continues to go fairly well, and time seems to be passing quickly. I have to decide soon whether to go home to Ontario for Christmas(where I don't really have a home any more), to go to Chilliwack to spend it with my daughter Kristi, or just to stay here and save the $3000 it will cost for the round trip. I thought you might enjoy a picture of the snow.

another weekend

Not too much to report this time. School continues to roll along. I'm getting to know the students a little better but not well enough to assess their progress well. I got out for a jog on Saturday, but the weather wasn't great today. I did go to church with Margaret and Fraser this morning. This is a Catholic community and there is a full time priest in the hamlet. The church itself is quite impressive with beautiful Inuit artistry around the altar. I'll try to get a picture to post. Most of the service was in Inuktitut but the priest did repeat some things in English our benefit. He is an interesting guy. He is Polish. His second language is Inuktitut and English is his third language. I am getting to understand a little bit of the Inuktitut, and can guess what part of the mass is being said most of the time, but I still have a long way to go.

arctic sunset

There was a beautiful sunset last Thursday evening, and I took a bunch of pictures. I thought this one with the old stone church in it was quite nice. Unfortunately the church is falling down. It was built on the permafrost, and attempts to repair it have so far been in vain. It has existed here since about 1941 when there was a Catholic missionary by the name of Father Henri here. It is a well known landmark in these parts.

still here

It's been a frustrating time lately, because the internet has been so spotty. This community is connected to the rest of the world through a satellite hookup, and there has been some sort of local problem with it. The long weekend was great weatherwise. I was out kayaking Friday night and Saturday. The temperatures were mid teens, and the winds calm. On Sunday I went on an extended hike for about four hours up on the high hills overlooking the hamlet. The arctic is beautiful at this time of year when the sun is shining and the temperature mild. This week has gone quickly, and here it is Friday again. We had snow flurries this morning but no snow stayed on the ground. This weekend looks nice again, so I hope to get out again for awhile. I have a lot of school work to do this weekend as well, so I'll be spending some time there. School is going well, and I'm enjoying the north.