Metis Pow-wow
When Donna, Maureen and I were going to the food stand to get fry-bread, the server asked us, "So, are you locals?"
"We're from Hays," I said.
"Ah...you're a little light," she said. We said we were teachers there. So much for passing. Everyone in town knows we're the new teachers because we are the only new people who ever come here. Other people might move in, but they're usually related to people in town.
I bought a bear woodcut for Emerald. Ever since I sent my family a postcard with a black bear catching a fish from Glacier, all Emerald has been talking about is that she wants to go swimming in that pool with the bear. I told her that bears were really big, some even bigger than Dad.
"I'm not scared, sister," she said scornfully. They were also selling bear claws, but I think Mom would kill me if I sent her that.