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Saturday May 16, 2026

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 Happy Long weekend Wow--yesterday, beautiful and sunny, all snow off the roads, and walking without spikes!!  Today, minus 12, snow and a high wind with blizzard coming for the week!!  So much for my plan to walk over to the grocery store!!  My amazing neighbour, the guy in charge of housing resigned and left a few days ago.  Now, I have no way of going shopping.  I could get the keys for the truck, but I am not a good driver in snow--so I will have to make do for the next 3 weeks with what is left in my pantry.  Nick did leave me a present--he was contracted here by a Montreal based firm--and they provided him with internet--so I was able to use it, gratis.  He has left it on for me!!  Yahoo.  Thankyou Nick. The Quebec system does year end exams for grades 6 to 12/13 in English, French and Inuktitut.  May is the designated month for these tests.  My neighbour got the results back for math at the grade 6 level, and his class s...
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Friday May 1

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 Hello again Old man winter is not giving up!!  The blizzard began on Tuesday night, and did it ever howl!  No school on Wednesday.  By Thursday the winds had subsided, but not without leaving 20 foot mounds of snow that had to be cleared to open the roads.  So, another school closure.  This morning, it was blowing pretty good--about 50k, but I got suited up and headed out.  I usually go by the road, which is not too steep.   I got half way down, and then ran into the 20 foot snow bank--really not safe to go through, so home I came, and stayed put.  The school was open.  Most of the staff live on roads that were ploughed, so they were able to travel.  School was open. It is about 7 pm, and the wind is up, the snow is falling and blowing, and we have yet another yellow alert blizzard warning.  Looks like we will be in our little homes well into next week with the forecast.  It is not cold, about 10 below, but it is the...
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Friday April 17, 2026

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 Hello all A very busy week. The grade 4, 5, 6  Sautjuit class visited a Catholic School in Toronto in the fall, and this week, that class came up here.  21 students, grades 7 and 8, 5 chaperones, their teacher, and their district superintendent.  The weather has been very sunny and bright, but very cold and windy.  Unfortunately, the thermometer never climbed above 26 below zero, so the students were not allowed outside.  I had one of the teachers stay with me.  She had to ride to school every day in the truck because she couldn't walk on the icy snow and she couldn't stand the cold.  I hiked every day on my new ice dancing clips.  Boy--do they work well!  I can actually dance!! The focus was Inuit culture.  Each day, there were varying activities from sewing to animal skinning and story telling, for Sautjuit students and Toronto students.  There were no regular classes.  It was all culture. We had planned to take them se...
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Friday April 10, 2026

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 Hello all Sorry if I did not get to visit you on this past trip, but it was a little hectic.  My main reason for making the cross country jaunt was to complete my income tax and I am glad I did.  I actually get a refund this year!! I have met new friends in Montreal, and had a wonderful time visiting some Inuit art shops, the Mc Cord Museum, Old Montreal and a jazz club.  Of course we ate far too much, but it was worth it.  The diet has started again!! School has settled in.  Of course on the way back from Montreal, we had a night in Kuujjiak, gratis the school board.  So, we have only had 3 school days this week. We have been busy preparing the school for the visit from St. Daniel's in Toronto.  Some of our students visited them in November.  They will be here for Culture Week.  Culture week is a time to celebrate the Inuit Culture.  Everyday will feature something fun, and unique.  Ice fishing, seal hunting, igloo building, ...
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