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Two roads diverged
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; - Then took the...
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FYI (if you're a teenage girl)
Reblogged from Given Breath: *Readers, two days ago I wrote this post for my normal audience, which is usually very small. That said, I included recent pictures of my kids at the beach, and many new...
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Choking 101
Over the weekend, actually on our way home Elliot started to choke on corn chips he had eaten. I was driving, but heard it same time my wife Debora did. She keyed in on it and asked questions of...
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Another Journey Begins
Last night at Roundtable it became official that I am the new Pioneer District Cubscout Roundtable Commissioner. I have stepped down as the District Training Chair. As I have told and continue to...
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10 things I learned staffing Wood Badge at Philmont
Reblogged from Bryan on Scouting: Just like your favorite film, Wood Badge is even better the second time around. Last month, I served as a Troop Guide for Wood Badge course S2-571-13-3, known within...
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What is a Varisty Scouting Program?
Hello all: I wanted to give a quick shout out to a good blog that I recently became aware of via Twitter. His Twitter name is @fishgutts and he’s funny. He is also LDS and a Varsity Coach. Huh,...
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Compadres 2013
This last weekend was the first official Compadres since 2010. There are several reasons why I stopped putting on Compadre’s. Just like within Scouting people have their circle of friends, I have a...
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Beekeeping Merit Badge
The Boyscouts of America years ago had the Beekeeping Merit Badge. It was discontinued in 1995. I suspect the reason was due to not a lot of Scouts were earning it. In the past few years the plight...
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The Journey continues
Tonight I was at the old Pack. It was the Bobcat Ceremony and also a Den Chief Induction ceremony. The new Cubmaster, who is now just the Cubmaster was in full control. I got introduced to several...
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700 Trained
This weekend was our Council’s University of Scouting. We call it Program & Training Conference. It is totally wicked! As with anything there is change. It used to be called Pow-wow. I first...
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Viral Training
If your a frequent reader of this blog you will know that training is a common theme. I have written about training a lot. The Trained Leader logo is from a group called Scouting Graphics Corps. I...
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The Scouting & Autism Community Summit
If you are not aware of the Scouting and Autism Group based out of Vancouver, WA in the Cascade Pacific Council, you should be. It was created and run by two of the coolest people who I have come to...
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 24,000...
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Better activities, simplified advancement coming to Cub Scouting in 2015
Reblogged from Bryan on Scouting: Improved activities, easier-to-understand advancement and some sweet-looking handbooks — yes, Cub Scouting is about to get even better than before. After finding that...
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A year ahead
2013 is closed and in the books. Many people have posted their list of things that they have done and conquered. Now the lists of what I want to do start being created. 2013 was a very interesting...
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Transferred Hidden Knowledge
“Required Training” can be a dirty phrase to some. You can also call in Continuing Education to soften it up a bit. Every position within anyone career is training, continuing education is needed....
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13 in 14
My brain is a tad fried right about now. I have a new position within my company. I applied four or five times, the last being granted acceptance. I am now a Systems Analyst. It is my third...
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Test for Echo
This weekend I was able to spend time setting up my Yeasu 817ND HF Ham Radio. I recently bought a Buddiepole Antenna. Both are portable and pretty simple to use. I have not worked with the 817ND...
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The Road converged
Back in September I wrote how Elliot had decided to leave Scouting. Several weeks ago, Elliot and I were playing card before bed and we talked about Scouting. He brought it up. Elliot loves to play...
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Teaching Winter camping Skills- Revisited
Originally posted on The Scoutmaster Minute:As most of the country is still experiencing Winter conditions and here in the Northwest, the Winter Camping season is really in full bloom, as late as it...
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