The porch, the garden and the forest27thAugust
Through Trackers I live a life where many, many people want to have meetings with me. Most of its enjoyable and the opportunity for the many diverse connections is both epic and enriching. Yet I remember a simpler time when I was that teenager who's life mission was to explore the woods and the wild while planting a garden that fed his family. I got to make a daily habit of searching for the subtle qualities of fox sign, planting corn in mounds and taking naps outdoors under the douglas fir tree.
Now I get to relive that life. In moving up to the new Trackers Homestead I have an excuse to not schedule "very important" meetings in Portland coffee shops or find myself at TrackersHQ moving a trailer and mopping the floors (though I really enjoy the meditative quality of all the fixit stuff I have to do). I will only be connected as far as a shoddy satellite internet connection and weak cell phone service will allow. I'm excited that after years of work, Trackers can be Trackers without me constantly present. (It will be 5 years by September 5, 2009).
I'm excited to have a porch to sit on, a garden to tend to and wilderness to wander while looking for fox in my own back yard. So if you need to get in touch with me, that's where I can be found sitting on the back porch while better people than I carry on the day to day. All this, plus I get to go take a nap under a doug fir.
Featured class...
Cabin Open House, September 5, 2009 Only one more week for a celebration of harvest, friends and family. I realized the other day that in an odd coincidence this date is also TrackersNW's 5 year anniversary. So come join us at the Homestead for a pancake breakfast, explorations of the wildlife refuge, a beautiful place to have a picnic and a local foods potluck followed by a rollicking dancing good time hoe down. Learn more and RSVP here
New Part-time Immersion Program, begins September 25 One weekend a month for three months. Take one term and focus on the topic of your choice or take all four to create a wilderness immersion experience that fits into your schedule.
Fall Term Outdoor & Wilderness Survival Weekends
Winter Term Hand Craft & Boat Building Weekends
Spring Term Permaculture & Medicinal Plants
Summer Term Wilderness Survival & Tracking
Class Calendar...
Nature of the Village Sept 6-12 Overnight
Wilderness Survival Basics Sept 26-27 or Nov 21-22
Making Artisan Goat Cheese at the Cabin Sept 27
Primitive Skills Evenings Nov 3-24, Tuesdays
Knot Tying & Ropework Evenings Nov 4-5
10 day skin on frame kayak building Nov 6-16
Wilderness First Responder Jan 27-Feb 5, 2010 and April 10-19, 2010
