Playing with fire

by | Jun 1, 2022 | Clarity

I was getting ready to settle in with a book the other night and decided to light a small candle. I wasn’t thinking about the candle or the match as I did this. I was thinking about what I was going to do next after it was lit.

I picked up the box of matches without thinking much about it –after all, I’ve lit probably thousands of matches in my life. It was a task like brushing my teeth. Something I knew how to do, did all the time, that didn’t require much conscious thought. As I struck the match, the head of it ignited and then it flew off the matchstick and toward my left eye. Keep reading

Gone fishin’!

by | Mar 7, 2021 | #getoutside, Being BRAVE, education, local fun

Learning to fish is on my #2021bucketlist.

When my kids were little, my husband occasionally took them fishing. Fishing time for them meant reading time for me, because I stayed in the car with my book.

Win-win.

Because I never had any interest in fishing. But now, suddenly, I do.

From years of watching North Woods Law, I knew I had that I had to get my fishing license before I could catch a fish. Check! Next, I needed a fishing rod. Check! Next on the list was learning to cast.

Even though it was nineteen degrees out yesterday, my husband decided that it would a great day to teach me how to cast. Keep reading

The Ammo Casting Couch

by | Jan 20, 2021 | Clarity, education, Learning to shoot

I am new to shooting and am still trying to figure things out, like where to shoot, how to budget for gear and lessons, and where to get ammo.

To be fair, I think everyone is trying to figure that last one out. Ammo is hard to find and when you do find it, it can be expensive to buy.
I think everyone who shoots knows this. But here’s something that I learned recently that maybe everyone doesn’t know:

There are sexual predators alive and well and doing business among what appear to be the mild-mannered business professionals in my area.

I found a shop nearby that sold ammunition and then just last week I found out I couldn’t get it there anymore. Oh, he still had ammo, and I could afford the (monetary) price, but I discovered that there was a new stipulation attached. Keep reading

Other ways to live

by | Jan 17, 2021 | #getoutside, Being BRAVE, Catching women being brave, Connection, education

Now that I am no longer watching ANY propaganda—whoops!—mainstream media, I have so much free time to fill with learning and doing new things!

I found Brooke Whipple’s YouTube channel, Girl in the Woods, and I love it.

Why do I love it? Let me count the ways:

I tested it with my one word for this year by asking, “Does this ALIGN with my values?” Freedom? Check. Being brave? Check. Getting outside? Check.

Also, one of the absolute best ways to get out of your head (read: anxiety producing thoughts) is to ground yourself in your body, and one of the best ways to do that is to get outside and be in nature.

So in addition to being able to pretend I am out in the woods alone building a cabin, I also am learning a lot exactly what skills are needed for this. You know, just in case I ever decide to be brave and actually do it! Keep reading

Learning to shoot

by | Jan 13, 2021 | Being BRAVE, education, kwrites, Learning to shoot, no fear

I talk a lot about ‘being brave’ and ‘doing the thing you think you cannot do.’

I don’t just talk about it, though, I actually do it. In 2020, I decided that I wanted to learn to shoot.

As is often the case when learning anything new, I didn’t know how to get started. In the past, I might have let this be an insurmountable obstacle.

This time, I did not. I made this happen. Once I let the Universe know my intention, people showed up to help me.

In less than a year I have learned how to shoot a handgun and now am learning to shoot 12 and 20 gauge shotguns. Keep reading