I know it has been a common sentiment that this year’s KNOM volunteers are like a family. Yes, it’s true. We’ve already made time for morning gym adventures, dinners, dance parties and movie nights. Laura, our amazing coordinator/Captain Planet, gave us another opportunity to “get away” this past weekend for a volunteer orientation. Over the [...]
Archive | September, 2012
Anything Could Happen
At the end of the workday when you’ve had your share of listening to music and talking, nothing feels better than coming home to your radio companions and friends for a nice get-together of…listening to music and talking. I feel so blessed to have been placed among the four awesome individuals I share the Volunteer [...]
A Village Trip: Kids, Fish, Trees and Bears, oh my!
Last weekend, I got to go on my first village trip–and relive the glory days of elementary school. I visited Unalakleet (YOU-nuh-luh-cleat), a community of 800 nestled on the Bering Sea. Laureli, the News Director, came with me, to show me the ropes and show me around her hometown. I travelled there to do a [...]
A Room of Our Own
I always thought that once I arrived in Nome I’d spend a lot of time alone in my room. I thought that I’d want to spend all my free time reading and writing and thinking, maybe using my self-imposed isolation to learn to be more self-sufficient and zen and in-tune with the world around me. [...]
South Seas: Nome
Hi! I’m Lucus Keppel, the latest of the KNOM volunteers to arrive in Nome – nearly a month and a half after Josh started the ball rolling on this year’s crop of volunteers. I’m really excited to be here! As a seminary graduate with a background in radio broadcasting, this position is an ideal way [...]
“Crocking” Out!
It’s hard to believe I’ve been in Nome for over a week now. I’m officially a Nome resident! I am so excited to be in Alaska and see the beauty of the mountains and the sea. It’s quite a different sight compared with living in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since moving to Nome, there are [...]
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Pulpiest of Times.
I’ve had a torrid love affair with berry picking all of my life. Like any good story of a torrid nature, it starts in my early childhood. My parents still tell stories dating back to my early 90’s childhood concerning my love for berries. Once my mother demonstrated that these colorful objects could be picked [...]
Livin’ a Dream
Last January I was finishing up my final semester of college. I knew that by May, I’d be sitting pretty with my English degree–i.e. sleeping on my parent’s couch unless I could somehow find a job. The career search beckoned. But I had a few itches I just couldn’t scratch away. I wanted to pursue [...]
Let’s Go Exploring
So this is it. The final blog post. After two years of working as Public Affairs Director for KNOM, I head out the door with a lot of great memories, wonderful friends, and a mountain of experience that I plan to use as I pursue a career as a reporter. It’s been great meeting the [...]
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