Jack Hietpas, Corcubión, Galicia, Spain: This is a collaboration between two of my third grade students, Xoel and Emma. I came up with a Halloween-themed activity wherein the students had to write a description of a monster using colors and body parts vocabulary, then make a drawing based on a partner’s description. It seemed like they all had fun, and the drawings turned out awesome! These two got the most into it and wrote the most detailed descriptions for each other (I told them they only had to write three sentences.) Teaching young kids is not something I ever imagined myself doing, but I’ve mostly been really enjoying it so far.
Elm McKissick, Somerville, MA: Here are some goats! While walking in the woods kind of near my house (that I guess links up with a farm?) I found these cute goats and a bunch of chickens. Super sweet! Though they’ve got the strangest eyes.
Melanie Holterman, Milwaukee, WI: Ren and I made pumpkin coconut bread! After, we danced and she taught me Cumbia. I think Ren is wonderful and I tell her often.
Liyan Zhao, Riverwest, Milwaukee, WI: First snowstorm of the season this week. The power in the whole neighborhood goes out for a few hours. I'm thankful I have an emergency weather radio with a bright flashlight built in. Outside in the darkness, I see a spooky procession of small silhouetted figures marching in line led by a taller silhouette holding a lantern, and I remember that it's Halloween.
Kate Miller, Mazunte, Oaxaca, Mexico: Started out my (relatively) short Mexico journey in a beach town in Oaxaca called Mazunte. We stayed in a precious little airbnb beach bungalow and drank a lot of micheladas (beer with savory sauce, pictured) on the beach and may or may not have stolen a deck of cards from our hosts. Horrible of us. Mazunte is filled with hippy Europeans and has a lot of vaguely Buddhist (culturally appropriative) wellness centers and retreats. Lots of incense and essential oils. The beach was stunning, though. There was also a brief foray into a nude beach, which made me feel like a little naked baby. Kind of cute, very cool, very liberating. (Feel free to edit the nude beach part out of the blog for your parents, if you wish).
Karuna Vikram, Cambridge, UK: Nights passing by here so quickly! Yet every night has been so different!
Gillian Waldo, Las Vegas, NV: We stumbled into the Las Vegas Pinball Museum after filming its mammoth sign out front. One of the only places we visited that didn't feel like a trap. Just a warehouse of old pinball machines with handwritten note cards taped to the sides of them, annotating the make, model, and history of each. The 60's machines were dusty and not always functional, but the illustrations were stunning.
Britany Gunderson, East Side, Milwaukee, WI: I didn't take many pictures this week. We had a big snowstorm on Tuesday and I think that caused me to stay inside for awhile, even after the snow was gone. Patches, my cat, helped me get some work and research done. As it gets colder and darker, I'm looking forward to slowing down and more inward moments.
Aditi Kapoor, Wicklow, Ireland: This past week was incredible! I missed my graduation at Trinity College Dublin (where I once studied) because of visa issues but funnily my visa got approved in time for all my other friends’ graduation so I went to Dublin on a whim to see them! It was sublime. I got to see all the families I had seen previously on FaceTime and got to celebrate in real time with all my friends. I don’t care for Halloween so it was also a perfect excuse to travel and latch onto whatever my friends were doing. It rained the entire time I was there, which if you’ve lived in UK/Ireland is typical, but we got a beautiful day when I was visiting Wicklow (a town right outside of Dublin) to see my friend Eliza. Here’s a bad photo of what the water looks like there. You can usually swim but alas, I didn’t have the right clothes. Next time though. I highly recommend everyone goes.
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