Järna is covered in a thin blanket of snow. The ponds are frozen solid and the fjord is getting there. With this cold, a new kind of energy is shining through the cracks of the previous year, cold, crisp and fresh. Two-weeks of wintery break from the curriculum brought some participants and OT’s away from our YIP bubble and back …
YIP Newsletter December 2014 – Into the Darkness
It is 2:54 in the afternoon and the sun has set in Yärnaterja. The few sunrays that poked through the thick cotton clouds in the morning have been swallowed up by the day and a thick grey blanket has taken their place. This is much the same routine as yesterday, the day before and many of the days before that: …
YIP Newsletter November 2014: So, what is YIP?
With summer truly over and autumn already nearing its conclusion, fewer meals are taken outside to the rocks and spontaneous jumps in the fjord are becoming rare. The Souls of YIP’s feet are digging themselves into the cool, clay soil that is now commonly referred to as home. Even with the advent of winter still more than a month away, …
YIP Newsletter October 2014: YIP: Chapter 7
As the first lines of YIP: Chapter 7 come to life, the adventures, misadventures, dreams, hopes, challenges and triumphs spill forth to fill its pages. The truth is, there could be twenty-five very different voices called upon to narrate the experience of the last few and very full weeks. Each voice with a distinctive tone, unique in perspective and singular …