Blog #1: The Beginning
Welcome one and all to the first ever Arctic to Manhattan semester. For the coming five months I, Grace C. Zaboski, will be your faithful scribe taking you along from the long winter nights to the rolling waters of the Hudson River. Our first moments of the semester were filled with nervous energy as we gathered together in the farmhouse to go over our gear and prepare for the oncoming journey. Some items would join us for the winter, and others we stored away until we would greet them again in spring. When everything was consolidated we shuffled our heavy winter boots to the Big Yurt. In the coming month this place would act as our new community’s home, but at the time it would be the confluence of our families as we settled in for a hearty potluck. It made my heart swell with joy to see all of my fellow students and their families gathered together, their hearts fluttering with the same anticipation for what was to come. I watched as