True Survival, from Rwanda to a Bell Tent True Survival Goes Beyond Circumstance One month ago, I was in balmy Rwanda, working on a medical/educational development project my Grandfather started in 1978. It was immensely transformative to stand among the resilience of...
Survivalist Stories: Me Woman. Me Make Fire.
by Heather Anne | Jul 21, 2021 | Experts
Survivalist Stories: Me Woman. Me Make Fire. What is it about being young that you think it's fun to do dangerous, risky things? As children, the unknown is such a lure…and as we get older, it becomes such a liability. My brothers and I used to dare each other to...
Outside the Club? Head to the Wild.
by Heather Anne | May 21, 2021 | Experts, First Look
Outside the Club? Head to the Wild. My six-year-old heart wanted more than anything to be in the Soapbox Club. My older brother and the neighbor girl up the mountain formed it. They had brightly colored plastic soapboxes, you know, like the ones you used to use for...
Wild Air Healing
by Heather Anne | Feb 23, 2021 | COVID-19
Wild Air Healing There is a classic picture of me in my mother’s old photo books. 6 years old. Cherry nosed, sick with the cold and flu. Bundled up in two layers of wool long underwear, scarf pulled up past my chin, bright yellow beanie pulled down to my eyes. In the...
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