“Sometimes no matter how well you prepare, no matter how conservative your decision making, no matter how few Y chromosomes are along on your trip, you can still find yourself in a mud slide or a hurricane without a dry piece of clothing to your name. But those of us who have given our time and usually our hearts to outdoorsmen over the years know that, for many of them, it's not really a wilderness trip unless, MacGyver-like, they have to make a fire out of a pair of shorts, a glow stick, and a ketchup bottle; it's not really an adventure until someone gets airlifted out.” KnowsYearsWellsHeartStillsSometimesMatterNamesGivenDecisionFirePiecesAdventureSticksConservativeOur TimeDryPairsWildernessDecision MakingFinding YourselfBottlesClothingsMudSlidesHurricanesShortsKetchupChromosomesMacgyverOutdoorsman Author:Pam Houston
“Every day at about four o'clock, I would go up to a farmhouse - or whatever kind of house was around - and knock on the door and say, "Hi, I'm biking across Canada, and I'm wondering if I could pitch my tent on your land." And sometimes people slammed the door in my face, but the vast majority of the time they said, "Of course," and then they said, "Come for dinner," and then they packed me food the next day and fed me breakfast and sometimes they got out the bottle of wine they'd been saving for a special occasion.” PeopleIfsKindSaidSometimesFacesCoursesNextHouseWonderFourDoorsLandSpecialMajorityWineDinnerSavingOccasionsClockIf I CouldCanadaFedsBreakfastBottlesThey SaidNext DayTentsBikingBottles Of WineSpecial Occasion Author:Pam Houston
“Traveling is my priority, because it drives the writing, so I teach around the travel, and sometimes the travel is the teaching.” WritingSometimesTeachTeachingPriorities Author:Pam Houston
“Sometimes I'm writing for magazines on assignment, but the university has to be patient with me. I mean, during the ten-week periods that I have a class, I'm there every Thursday night or whatever it is, but sometimes that's all I'm there, because I'm somewhere else the rest of the time.” WritingMeanSometimesNightClassWeekPeriodsTenPatientUniversityMagazinesBe PatientSomewhere ElseAssignmentsThursdayThursday Night Author:Pam Houston
