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Let's Get Primitive

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About Me

Packed with crafty how-tos, tasty recipes, homegrown wisdom, and handy advice, Let's Get Primitive is a stylish yet practical guide to the backcountry for gals (and guys) who prefer sidewalks and 24-hour sushi joints. Let's Get Primitive offers up everything camping virgins need to know, from planning a trip to conquering the cat hole. And, even compromises with a chapter on ideas for getting a primitive fix in the big city. It's the urban folks' call of the wild, delivered by unlikely nature girl Heather Menicucci and adorably illustrated by Susie Ghahremani.www.letsgetprimitive.com * read a sample chapter * * find backcountry camping spots near you * * share your camping fears and victories * * buy! or buy!! or buy!!! * MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone too scared or skeptical to pitch a tent. City mice in need of a little wilderness. Fellow insectophobes who wish they could get over it. Crafty folk interested in picking up some campy skills like knot-tying. Fern lovers. Waterfall seekers. Skinny dippers. Rock jumpers. And whiskey sippers. Anyone who might like chasing squirrels, climbing trees, lighting fires, singing songs, and staring at the stars. Anyone ready to believe camping is magical.

My Blog

Primitive How-Tos on Howcast.com

Next time you have some web time to kill, visit Howcast.com, a new how-to video site where you can write/read guides and make/watch videos. It launched today...and, I work there.I wrote two how-to gui...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:06:00 GMT

Camping for Christmas?

Doubtful for me. Though I fantasize it would be as magical as a Bob Ross painting, I have yet to pitch my tent in winter on the east coast. If you are planning a wintery escape, I've got a recipe to k...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:03:00 GMT

My almost-NPR moment

Steve Sergeant produces an audio journal called The WildeBeat (great name), a weekly 10-minute radio documentary about the wilderness. Steve's an experienced backpacker with an approachable, laid-back...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:23:00 GMT

Lata answers the big question

I have a secret aspiration to be an herb farmer (please, no snickering), so I was naturally impressed with this urban herbalist, Lata Chettri-Kennedy, founder of Flower Power Herbs and Roots in New Yo...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:56:00 GMT

We have a winner!

Congratulations to Meg Weidner who won Ten Speed's Let's Get Primitive contest. Her story took the cake for camping calamity and made me laugh out loud. "Debutante's First Bout with Poison Ivy" earn...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:19:00 GMT

Revel in the disasteronly 8 days left!

Horny teenagers in Central Park, a masked bandit, and truly Deliverance-like momentscome and take pity on the campers brave enough to share their worst backcountry memories. Camping has its challenge...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:09:00 GMT

Finally

I saw them! Last night was breezy and clear. It felt almost beachy. Dinner was wonderful. The cat slept safely on my bed. And I finally got to see some of those wonderful Perseids meteors. They were s...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:52:00 GMT

Waiting for a star to fall

Raised in the city, I'm not a lifelong meteor shower watcher. This would have been only my second. Would have been. Unfortunately the damn clouds never passed and I could barely get my eyes to focus o...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:41:00 GMT

Take a shower tonight!

My last post was about a beautiful natural event that wasn't going to happen, but this post is about a beautiful natural event that is going to happen. Tonight the Perseid Meteor Shower will be at its...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:09:00 GMT

A Nice Dirty Trick

You may have received an email recently about Mars. It says something like, "Be sure to watch the sky on August 27th at 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons." And the clincher: "The next ...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:36:00 GMT