Living in community – Often people visualize crazy drama and arguments. Real World, anyone? I am so happy to say that the KNOM community house is lightyears away from such notions. Our community meetings discuss such serious issues as where to adventure on the weekends & when we’re going grocery shopping. Where are the cameras [...]
A Day With Headphones
Ever wonder what the Music Director does at KNOM? Here’s a look into my typical Monday: At 10am I roll into an already hopping studio. Lucus and Daynee are rocking the end of a hilarious morning show that I had the chance listen to while I was at the gym. They were their usual hilarious [...]
Late Night Northern Lights
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve thought of the Aurora Borealis as one of the greatest wonders of the natural universe. Seeing the Aurora was one of the things I was most excited to do in Alaska. So last night, when the General Manager and Business Manager’s daughter called me at 10:30 pm and [...]
Mooseloaf – It’s What’s for Dinner!
I went on something of a cooking kick this weekend – making everything from Risotto to Pita Bread to Mooseloaf over the course of several days. Since we didn’t even have moose meat until Saturday night, that’s saying something. I’m not really sure where this interest in cooking came from, but it’s been wonderful to [...]
A Cabin on the Beach
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 [...]
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 [...]
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