Author: Julianne

Iditarod 2023 is coming to a close and it’s ending just as it should, all the pieces coming together, all the loose ends tied up,

“Camaraderie is built through shared agony and laughter. “ Today, just after noon, the journeys of Gerhardt Thiart and Bridgett Watkins came to an end

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As I write this post I am sitting in a beautiful corner of the Kegoayah Kozga Public Library in Nome, Alaska looking out the window

Fifty-one years ago Joe Redington Sr. saw a dream realized when the first Iditarod mushers completed the race he worked so hard to develop. Today

  I am a total museum geek. Before I became a librarian I worked in museums and I just love that format of learning –

One of the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) lessons I shared with students before I left for Alaska focused on FLEXIBILITY.  Sometimes we have to be

This morning dawned beautiful and brisk in Kaltag. It was -14 degrees and the sun poked over the trees illuminating the river in a glorious

A – Anvik: First checkpoint on the Yukon, mile 512 of the Iditarod Trail Race, and my home for next night or two! B –

Attitude. Optimism. These are two of the 8 Traits of Iditarod. Sometimes they can be a hard sell. But they can be incredibly useful in