Amazing Native Women

February 19, 2018/in Thoughts/by Janette

The Inuit Woman Who Survived the Arctic Alone

Outside Magazine Online | Badass Women Chronicles
Kate Siber | 1.18.2018

Ada Blackjack had no wilderness skills before she was forced to fend for herself on a remote Arctic island—and outlived four male explorers.

Except for the polar bears, a corpse, and a small house cat named Vic, Ada Blackjack found herself alone on Wrangel Island in late June 1923. Nearly two years had passed since a schooner dropped her off with four young white explorers who intended to claim the Arctic isle for the British.

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Take a break to be inspired

February 11, 2018/in Thoughts/by Janette

Take a break to watch this video and be inspired! Thank you Outside.com

Scotland’s Wildest Places

Feb 5, 2018

From filmmaker Gilles Havet, Scotia Symphonia documents a family trip to Scotland to see the Highlands, the Isle of Skye, and the Hebrides.

Use These Five Tricks To Never Forget Something Important Again

February 4, 2018/in Thoughts/by Janette

Stephanie Vozza
Fast Company | 02.02.2018

Forget to send that email? Return a call? Meet a deadline? If you chalk up memory mishaps to having too much to think about, you might be making excuses. “We all have a good memory; the problem is no one taught us how to use it,” says four-time USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis.

Women Writing About the Wild: 25 Essential Authors

January 28, 2018/in Thoughts/by Janette

Outside Magazine

outsideonline.com
Kathryn Aalto

Women who write about the wild cannot be easily labeled. They are conservationists, scientists, and explorers; historians, poets, and novelists; ramblers, scholars, and spiritual seekers. They are hard to pin down but for their willingness to be “unladylike,” to question, and to seek.

Getting to Know American Pickers Star Mike Wolfe

January 28, 2018/in Creative, Video/by Janette

Entrepreneur Video

Mike Wolfe, Creator and Star of History Channel’s hit series American Pickers sat down with Nicole Sawyer, host of C-Suite Insights at his store Antique Archaeology in Nashville to discuss how he turned a passion he discovered at 6 years old, into an international brand. In the United States alone, the antique and vintage goods retail industry is expected to account for $19.8 billion in 2017 (source IBISWorld).

As America becomes a disposable society, Wolfe fears many historical pieces will end up in the trash. He wants to educate people on the importance of historic preservation whether it be old stuff or heritage tourism. You may have something in your home very valuable, you just don’t even realize it!

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