Chapter 9 Making Fire - from my book Changes
A smoking coal in the notch in my fireboard, ready to be placed in a tinder bundle and blown into flame.
Chapter 8 Respect and Gratitude from my book Changes
Chapter 8 Respect and Gratitude from my book Changes. This chapter is about how we choose to be in the wilderness, and how our choices affect our experiences. The photo of of the primitive camp at dusk, in New Jersey at Tom Brown Jr’s Trackerschool.
Chapter 7 The First Night’s Hazing - from my book Changes
Chapter 7 The First Night’s Hazing
Image is my art depiction of Blueberry Trail.
Chapter 6 The Standard Class - from my book “Changes”
In the Taj at Trackerschool, where we attend lectures.
Chapter 5 Getting to Trackerschool - from my book Changes
Getting to Trackerschool was intimidating to me, but once I met some fellow Trackerschool students on the bus, I felt safe. Here is a photo of the fire area near the kitchen in the primitive camp in the Pine Barrens in New Jersey.
Chapter 4 Survival - from my book Changes
Chapter 4 Survival is about how I came to go to Trackerschool. Photo is about how working in groups was an essential part of our learning at Trackerschool.
Chapter 3 Difficulties - from my book Changes
Chapter 3, Difficulties.
I was sorely lacking in the bitch department.
Chapter 2 Limitations - from my book Changes
Limitations growing up. My brother and I, the oldest of 6 kids, at home in Corvallis, Oregon.
Chapter 1 Molding Me - from my book Changes
Chapter 2: Moulding me. Me with artistic support at a very young age.
Prologue and Dedication from my book Changes
Chapter 1 - Prolog to my book Changes. Michele Ballantyne on May 11, 2007. Photo by Melissa Cochran.