danaleeling

Geneva presented her mehn koapir, a decorative paddle used for dancing on Pohnpei. Mehn koapir, reportedly made of Hibiscus tiliaceus. Grace holding and presenting a breadfruit splitting stick known on Pohnpei as a pwai. A mwaramwar. Breilon brought in a Pohnpeian ahk en kod mwangas: a coconut husking stick made of mangrove wood. Keanu presented a Woleaian purse known as a geigash, made from pandanus. Anastasia presented the Pohnpeian local broom called a kepenok. She brought a coconut leaflet rather than the broom. Carmegarose displaying the Pohnpeian traditional foods basket known as a kiam. Joseph of Woleai showing the class the local fan known as galibeo. Burt, Allen Ray, Jinisha, Austin, and Shirleven all brought in a ngarangar, the coconut shell used to serve sakau en Pohnpei. When sakau is in the ngarangar the ngarangar is referred to as a kohwa. ...

The weather decided whether this lab would be inside or outside. The morning dawned sunny with blue skies. Outside it was. Class opened with a look at the vernal equinox sun shadow at 08:23. The noon lecture prevents a morning look at the shadow. McGievens was assigned board clapping duty Demonstrating the clapping technique Darla and Jaysleen  Leona and Jemira Alisha I noted that measuring wheel appeared to not always flip a digit on a click. And the third digit appeared to be getting stuck halfway between two digits. I didn't think much of the issue. The first stop at 246 meters was too close to get accurate times. The "flash-to-bang" time was too short. Heading west on a sunny day. Clear day conditions  Timing at the gym driveway  Then, out around 925, the clicker fell off. Restoring the clicker did not flip digits. I realized...