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by Ashley We've come through the busy stretch of the holidays, which actually holds a lot between work and home. At school, we held the community Thanksgiving dinner, which is a joint effort between the village and the school. It's done potlatch style, with families bringing sides to supplement the turkeys and ham that are sent out by the school district. We had a great showing, the highest attendance since we've been here, and it was good to see so many talking and laughin

by Philip (Note: For this post, and all future ones, you can view our latest photos and videos by clicking the "Media" tab at the top of the page .) It has fallen to me, once again, to pen this edition of our ongoing adventure in a rural Alaskan village. Though I’ve told Ash that my posts generate far less circulation than her more brilliant ones, she retorts that I’ve published books and write often. I remind her that more people read her “Emmy Escapades,” published on Faceb

by Ashley First Day photos I know in my last post, I alluded to some things that I said I'd follow up on in my next post. Since I imagine I'll have a lot to update as the holidays near, I figured I'd squeeze in this post to honor my words. In my discussion on the need for good principals, I had mentioned there was an event that almost led to Philip and I resigning from the district, for which we're working. At the end of last year, there was a student on our campus who had