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	I was going to write a preface to this blog, but thought better of it. The internship has ended, so maybe I should write a post-face instead.</p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Will23.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 287px; float: right; " />11 February, 2014&#8232;- Last Thursday Lauren and I went skiing, and then we found ourselves on a great quest to find porcupines. First I climbed up a tree, but to no avail, because the porcupine was not hiding in those branches. We did however, discover about six sets of tracks, and followed them, to their convergence in a wide valley. Yesterday we took a class in how to teach the project WILD and Project learning tree curriculum. I hope this comes in handy, the books Paul gave us appear very useful.</p>
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	Free day today!&#8232;I am rather consumed in thought right now about the project I have been assigned to; creating a display about insects in the ELC.&#8232;---&#8232;The project is coming along nicely. I printed out pictures and then painted scenery to knit them all together.</p>
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	In the afternoon we went cross country skiing for two hours...What a joy, with the sun setting, making the white pines turn gold, and then later, the sun set behind the lake, making it seem as if there was a great fire beyond the trees.&#8232;Here at the cabin, we eat like royal grease mongers. Today we feasted sumptuously on homemade french fries, seasoned with thyme, rosemary, cumin, chili powder, and garlic.</p>
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	A bowl of pear sauce mixed with autumn olive jam and about 2-6 cups of tea later, we rehearsed tomorrow&rsquo;s lesson and made ready to watch the Olympics, except that the internet was too slow&hellip;</p>
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	Feb 15 2014&#8232;- It is so amazingly sparkly outside, but cold enough that I don&rsquo;t want to go out today.&#8232;This week was long and exhausting, but we made it!&#8232;I had 7 6th graders in my group this week, one of which climbed a tree while wearing snowshoes during our praise walk. Somehow, I thought that climbing a tree while wearing snowshoes should be impossible.&#8232;Life is good, yet eventfully uneventful. It just keeps on snowing, and the Great Lakes are about 88% frozen over, according to a news blurb we watched last night.&#8232;I kind of want Lake Michigan to freeze all the way over, just to see what would happen. It better hurry though, because there is only one month of winter left!</p>
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	19, Feb 2014&#8232;- A few notable things have happened recently, some of which I shall record.&#8232;On Sunday night we made ready to sleep in the Quinzy, but then rushed off to go hiking with Eric and Celeste at a place known as Seven Bridges.&#8232;It was a braided river system with multiple bridges, and multiple much larger than average aspen trees, and at least one above average girth Hemlock tree. We walked what seemed like a long way in the gathering dusk, although it wouldn&rsquo;t have been so far hadn&rsquo;t my soles begun to freeze within my rubber boots. Lauren and I examined various tree buds while C&amp;E&rsquo;s kids slipped along the trail on their abbreviated little cross country skis.&#8232;Yes, we did make it back to our beloved snow cave, and in the -4 degree Fahrenheit darkness, we slipped inside. It was a cozy 24 degrees inside the cave because had I lit a candle a few hours earlier. In the morning however, the ceiling seemed much closer to my face than it had before. (It is slowly collapsing).</p>
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	The Olympics have been exciting to watch, periodically. However I have had so much of this nonsense that I now dislike TV with a passion.</p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Will22(1).jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 150px; float: left; " />Yesterday I finished the insect exhibit. I pinned the insects on the background and then attached strings connecting the insects to words that described their diet or ecological function.&nbsp; Consequently my work preoccupied me during this beautiful day and I did not go outside to enjoy the sun and unusually warm temperatures.</p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Will21.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 150px; float: right; " />Feb 22, 2013&#8232;- Last day of teaching was yesterday. After a long debrief which would have been shorter if I hadn&rsquo;t commented on anything, we braved the storm to grab dinner in town.&#8232;We saw a brown creeper yesterday.&#8232;There was a thaw this week and the snow fleas came out. I am endlessly intrigued by these little collembola.&nbsp; Cross Country skiing is still the bomb.&#8232;Next week we are going adventuring before we part ways.</p>
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	Post-post-face -&#8232;During training week we had to read a book by Rachel Carson entitled Sense of Wonder about the intricate and awe inspiring beauty of nature. As I leave this job, I think I&rsquo;ll continue to find ways to guide people in discovering that sense of wonder at God&rsquo;s creation.</p>
