Another week gone by...
It's Friday morning. Time is going by so quickly... seems like I've said that a time or two before. We now have two weeks of school completed. The first couple of weeks went fairly smoothly. Of course, we had lots of little kinks to straighten out but for the most part, it went well. The kids are still having a hard time getting into the habit of going to bed early enough not to be really crabby in the morning. (I am getting there...) It's a hard thing to settle down and go home when it is still light out. It's only a matter of weeks and we will probably start losing our daylight.
Patty and I are having our first Michigan visitor today! Mark, Patty's husband, is flying in this afternoon. I personally can NOT wait until he gets here! He has called almost every morning before 7:00 and am looking rather forward to waking up to the sound of the alarm and not the phone. I am just excited to have someone from home actually experience all that we do on a daily basis. I am sure he will adjust fine and I know he will enjoy his visit to St. Michael! Sure we will have stories to tell and pictures to follow!
Last Saturday evening Danny and Victor speared a beluga whale. They took the meat they wanted and welcomed others to take what they could use. Our friends Drew and Candy were lucky enough to be down on the beach to score some meat. They called and invited Patty and I over to try munduk (whale blubber - also called muktuk) and black meat. I was a bit apprehensive but tried it all. The munduk wasn't too bad... although I really didn't seem to taste any coconut! It is eaten raw, however; some prefer to have it fried. We tried black meat from the whale, which wasn't too bad. It was fried and seasoned. Dad, you'd like it! Patty compared it to liver. Well I hate liver and really did like the black meat. It wasn't mushy like I remember liver to be. We also tried seal oil. Many natives use seal oil as a salad dressing or dip. We dipped our dried fish in it. (Let's just say I liked the raw whale fat better than seal oil.) Drew has some photos of that memorable occasion that I will post when I get them... until then, use your imagination.
Hope you all have a splendid weekend!
Patty and I are having our first Michigan visitor today! Mark, Patty's husband, is flying in this afternoon. I personally can NOT wait until he gets here! He has called almost every morning before 7:00 and am looking rather forward to waking up to the sound of the alarm and not the phone. I am just excited to have someone from home actually experience all that we do on a daily basis. I am sure he will adjust fine and I know he will enjoy his visit to St. Michael! Sure we will have stories to tell and pictures to follow!
Last Saturday evening Danny and Victor speared a beluga whale. They took the meat they wanted and welcomed others to take what they could use. Our friends Drew and Candy were lucky enough to be down on the beach to score some meat. They called and invited Patty and I over to try munduk (whale blubber - also called muktuk) and black meat. I was a bit apprehensive but tried it all. The munduk wasn't too bad... although I really didn't seem to taste any coconut! It is eaten raw, however; some prefer to have it fried. We tried black meat from the whale, which wasn't too bad. It was fried and seasoned. Dad, you'd like it! Patty compared it to liver. Well I hate liver and really did like the black meat. It wasn't mushy like I remember liver to be. We also tried seal oil. Many natives use seal oil as a salad dressing or dip. We dipped our dried fish in it. (Let's just say I liked the raw whale fat better than seal oil.) Drew has some photos of that memorable occasion that I will post when I get them... until then, use your imagination.
Hope you all have a splendid weekend!
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