I know very little about San Francisco, but I can tell you that everyone who’s spent time there has told me I’d love it. So when I had the chance to pop in and out for a work trip last week, I made certain I could carve out three hours for a good walk to explore … Continue reading »
To my surprise, it turns out I thoroughly enjoy documenting life through the lens of a camera. I like the point and shoot method, followed by some trickery in iPhoto or an app. Yes, it would be lots of fun to play around with a high end digital camera–it might even persuade me to get … Continue reading »
It’s That Time of the Month – in fact it’s That Time of the Year when you’ve got permission to let your inner prankster loose for a day. April Fool’s is here. Let’s be clear: scouts are inherently do-gooders. Scouts don’t balance cups of water on top of doors waiting for innocents to walk into an unexpected … Continue reading »
Each year, a whole slew of us here in Austin tend to hunker down and wait out the 10 day chaos that is SXSW. I typically play a few local showcases and otherwise stay home to avoid the lines, the traffic, the massive population influx. But this year I ventured out one night to see … Continue reading »
It’s spring break time. Be sure to take one. Whether it’s a full-on trip or a simple afternoon flying a kite, treat yourself. I just hope your kite doesn’t end up like these: Need a little help building your own kite? Check out this post. The BSP is on spring break this week — be … Continue reading »
Guest blogger Kelly Henkins is a music journalist and blogger – but she’s also a lifelong scout. At the end of 2012, she was kind enough to share the first part of a beautiful and personal perspective on how scouting has impacted her life. I promised part 2 early this year, and while I was a … Continue reading »
It’s “That Time of the Month,” gang — my monthly opportunity to share some of the great resources I’ve stumbled upon while working through the badges for the Big Scout Project. You know I’ve become something of a walker over the past year, and I just celebrated my 500-miles-in-one-year mark. So it seemed like a … Continue reading »
Along with my friend Adrienne and my dog Freida, I hoofed several hundred miles this past year around Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake), in Austin, TX. The name’s a bit deceiving; it really doesn’t look like a lake. It looks more like a river that cuts from east to west and separates south Austin … Continue reading »
One year ago today, I started walking. This past weekend, I hit (and slightly exceeded by 3.2 miles), my goal of 500 miles in a year. All but a few walks were taken with Freida in tow; she had some surgery this past fall that kept her off the trail for about two weeks. I’ve … Continue reading »
My sister tells me that, as a girl scout, I used to carve bars of soap, and she says I was pretty darned good at it. too. I have exactly no recollection of this. None. And, as far as I can recall, I never took a knife to wood. But I’ve really felt the pull … Continue reading »
