the 411

As part of my midterm for my Introduction to Fieldcraft class, we were told to create a blog to serve as an online field journal. I plan on doing that, and then adding in my own personal whatevers* as well.

In order to make my whatevers make sense, I feel like a couple of introductions are necessary.

First and most evidently, I am a member of the ex-leash kid society*.  Yes, I was that kid.  You know, the one barefoot at the grocery store with unbrushed hair, shoes on the wrong feet, and a permanent smear of chocolate on my face.   While I have since grown out of my ways, I consider myself an advocate for the society.  I would like to consider myself as proof of a relatively good future in adulthood for LKs everywhere, and so it's my prayer that my blogs will find a way to give a sense of hope to parents of LKs and to LKs themselves (ex or current).

I have a dog: Chubaca Falkor, but people just call him Chewy.  He's my own dog-form of a LK, my partner in crime, and he's my best friend.  He will come up in most of my posts --- as he is, most of the time, present on my excursions outside of class. He is pictured below:

Lastly, I think it is important to note that I am a recent 1st time home-owner, a 1st-time garden starter, and a beginning wood-worker. A lot of my whatevers will concern these new additions to my life.



*whatevers: endeavors, thoughts for the day, personal anecdotes
*ex-leash kid society: in order to be a member, you had to at some point in your life 1. have been attached to a leash (whether that leash be a harness (see photo of myself above) or wrist-attached (had one of those too)) and 2. your parents had to have monitored your chocolate and/or candy intake.