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Ask Urban Scout #2: Apocalyptic Safe Sex!?!
I often receive e-mails and myspace messages from other aspiring hunter-gatherers with questions about what I do, and what I think about things and what people can do encourage rewilding their lives. I have devoted a section of this site to answering those questions publicly so others can give there own feedback as well. I…
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Week13: Smokin’ Peace With Penny
I spent the first half of this week running around with Penny, touring places and snapping photos. Penny says she wished we would have worked on more primitive skills together, that it would have felt nice to have more time together for those things. I thought, “Well, how long do we have together? How often…
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Rewild Camp Portland Needs Your Skillz!
Rewild Camp Portland is a weeklong DIY social experiment/event held using the collaborative group information-share known as “open space technology,” to share rewilding skills and fun times such as: Archery, fire by friction, martial arts, hunting/trapping, stone tools, tan a hide, sensory awareness, capture the flag, backyard campfires, dance parties, wild-crafting, coffee shop conversations, impromptu…
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Whiskey in the Yarrow!
Okay, not whiskey, Vodka (but whiskey would have worked too). Penny and I went fishing this week at one of her stomping grounds. Unfortunately we found the biting flies out in full swing. But to my luck, the ever-wise and herbally-prepared Penny had a quick fix; yarrow tincture bug repellent. She even had it in…
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Week12: From Cave to Grave With Penny Scout
“Oh, what a feelin’, when you’re dancin’ on the Grave of Civilization!”
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An Anarcho-Primitivist Romance?
“They lived on opposite sides of the continent, both with a fierce love of family and the land, but destiny (and the internet) brought them together. Now he must venture into unknown territory to find out if she is really his true love as the wise old amazon man predicted, facing an angry she-bear, a…
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Week 11: POP QUIZ!
What do you get when you cross Urban Scout with seven vodka soda’s, two shots of rum, and a bunch of punk rock kids with a home-made tattoo gun? Answer:
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Week 10: Weather or Not?
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Ask Urban Scout #1
Today the rain just keeps on pouring down from the sky. The air feels warm and I can taste the smell of the wet trees and rooftops. I often receive e-mails and myspace messages with questions about what I do, and what I think about things and what people can do encourage rewilding their lives.…
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Week 9: Facial, Hot Dogged and VD Free
What a fucking week. I have no idea how to summarize in one paragraph the events that occurred, aside from the title its self. So, I hope that can hook you enough to read about my ridiculous week.
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Week 8: Tipi or Not Tipi?
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Dandelion Fritters: Better Late Than Never
