Unicorns.
I’m not joshing you, pulling your leg, or just messing with your perceptions of what it means to be a KNOM Volunteer as a large part of my experience here has indeed revolved around these majestic creatures. Should you the reader be one of the lucky individuals who is accepted for a year of service in whimsical Nome, Alaska, unicorns might just end up meaning something special to you as well.

Some of the earliest remnants of unicorn paraphernalia within the volunteer house include these mysterious room markers carbon dated back to August of 2012.
Now I feel I need to send a special signal to the up and coming KNOM volunteers. First off, do whatever you can to embrace whimsy. You’ll find that adopting a fantastical interest serves you well in an offbeat community such as Nome and a little magic in your day to day life can take you far in the dark, cold days of winter. Secondly, not unlike an archeological dig site, I hope that somehow the unicorn friends I have helped to uncover remain as a presence within the house. Sure, you don’t have to buy your own unicorn masks, bake unicorn cookies, or even keep our copy of the DVD The Last Unicorn. What I feel you should do however, is always keep a spirit of something lighthearted and enchanting within your hearts. If that spirit happens to be in the shape of a unicorn, then more power to you.
I’ll leave you with this thought with some of my favorite unicorn photos from the past few months. Enjoy!
- In studio A.
- Bringing Whimsy to The Late Afternoon Show.
- Sub-Arctic Whimsy.
- Never leave home without one.
- Just tanking up the station car.
- Attack! Photo originally by David Dodman.
- Bringing Eva cookies!
- Makeshift alicorn.
- Halloween or just another evening?
- The CommUnicorn.
- Unicorns <3 Rats.
- Hanging at the Schmidt’s House.
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