NOVEMBER 25, 2025 NEWSLETTER!

Looking for a gift or a break?

The holidays can feel overwhelming, focusing out toward loved ones and little on filling our own cup. I’ve taken a break and am ready to help hold space for you. Whether you’d like to set up “me” time for 2026 or get an experiential gift for someone special, we’ve got ya. Our 2026 calendar is live with a whole new website. So take a deep, centering breath and see if an offering calls to you.

"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you." - Anne Lamott

OWLS Skills 2026 Courses:

- December 9, 2025 (6-7:30 pm): All demographics FREE fire craft clinic! Pagosa Springs Community Center, Pagosa Springs, CO Bring a light source and warm clothes!

January 8-11, 2026: Denver International Sportsmen’s Expo. We’ll have a booth set up! I could use some volunteers to help woman it again this year! Come join us for clinics and seminars on a variety of topics, or just to say “Hi!”
January 15-18, 2026: Sacramento International Sportsmen’s Expo. We’ll have a booth set up! I could use some volunteers to help woman it again this year! Come join us for clinics and seminars on a variety of topics, or just to say “Hi!”
January 19, 2026: Women’s 1 day Core Survival Course, Sacramento, CA. $200
January 20, 2026: Women’s Fire Craft Course, Sacramento, CA. $200
January 24, 2026: Women’s 1 day Core Survival Course, Boulder, CO. $200
January 25, 2026: Women’s Fire Craft Course, Boulder, CO. $200
January 28, 2026: Women’s 1 day Core Survival Course, Boulder, CO. $200
Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2026: Women’s Cold Weather Skills Weekend, Boulder, CO. $550
February 7, 2026: Women’s 1 day Core Survival Course, Pagosa Springs, CO. $200
February 8, 2026: Women’s Fire Craft Course, Pagosa Springs, CO. $200
February 24, 2026 5:30 - 7:30 pm MST: All demographics Core skills ONLINE $50
March 8, 2026: Women’s 1 day Core Survival Course, Boulder, CO. $200
March 12-15, 2026: Salt Lake City International Sportsmen’s Expo. We’ll have a booth set up! I could use some volunteers to help woman it again this year! Come join us for clinics and seminars on a variety of topics, or just to say “Hi!”
March 19, 2026 5:30 - 7:30 pm MST: All demographics Core skills ONLINE $50
March 21, 2026: Women’s Shelter and Fire Craft Course, Boulder, CO. $200
March 22, 2026: Women’s Map and Compass Course, Boulder, CO. $200
March 27 - 29, 2026: Women’s Core Skills Weekend, Leesville, SC. $550
May 23, 2026: Women’s Sustainable Camping Course, Pagosa Springs, CO $200
May 24, 2026: Women’s Knots, Hitches, and Lashings, Pagosa Springs, CO $200
June 3, 2026 5:30 - 7:30 pm MST: All demographics Core skills ONLINE $50
June 6, 2026: Women’s 1 day Core Survival Course, Burlington, VT. $200
June 7, 2026: Women’s 1 day Bow and Drill Friction Fire, Burlington, VT. $200
June 9, 2026: Women’s 1 day Core Survival Course, Burlington, VT. $200
June 13 & 14th, 2026: Women’s 2 day Navigation Course, Burlington, VT. $400
June 16, 2026: Time TBD Core Skills 2 hour Workshop, Durango Library, CO FREE
August 1, 2026: Women’s 1 day Core Survival Course, Pagosa Springs, CO. $200
August 2, 2026: Women’s 1 day Knots & Shelters, Pagosa Springs, CO. $200
August 14 - 16, 2026: Women’s Core Skills Weekend, Denver, CO. $550
September 4 - 6, 2026: Women’s Core Skills Weekend, Caballo, NM. $550
September 9-15, 2026: Women’s Beginner Backpacking and Survival Course, Hermosa, NM. Early Bird price of $1,850 (before Women’s Day March 8 using code: LetsBackpack!26) Regular price of $2,000 after March 8th 2026.
September 18 - 20, 2026: Women’s Core Skills Weekend, Hermosa, NM. $550
November 4 - 8, 2026: Women’s Explore the Elements Course! I’m teaming up with 3 other amazing women: Christa Oberth, Donna Chrisjohn, and HeatherAsh Amara to explore the 4 elements from 4 perspectives: Scientific, Indigenous, Spiritual, and Survival. We’re planning for indoor accommodation options as well as camping, and it’s gonna be awesome! Location TBD, likely near either Austin or Sacramento for the warm weather in November! Shoot me an email if you prefer one location over the other!
Gift Cards available! If you’re looking for a gift that won’t clutter up the house, and provides both empowerment, and an unforgettable experience…

Shew! That’s what’s on the shelf for now! As always, classes ebb and flow so we’ll let you know when classes are added!

On the personal side, as many of you know, I lost my Dad a couple years ago in November and have been thinking about him a lot lately. I feel inspired to share what happened last year on the one year anniversary of his transition…

Mike (Dad) joined the military at 18 and when he got out a few years later he went to school for mechanics, specializing in Porsche’s. He worked on them most of his life, earning wages to help raise 5 girls. He always came home in shades of blue, the color of his work uniforms, which matched his blue eyes and was his favorite color. He had a love affair with airplanes too, he was president of a model airplane club when I was a kid. I remember him making them out of balsa wood, fitting them with little engines and going out to fly them. His shelves held about 20 books, and about half of them were on aircraft.

So on November 3, 2024 I am talking on the phone to a friend while quickly walking from one gate to another in the Atlanta airport on a work trip, when I suddenly stop dead. I tell my friend I’ll have to call her back later and then stand in stunned silence, because on display in the middle of the airport is a deep blue, sporty little Porsche. Now I don't pay attention to cars, couldn't care less about them most of the time, but this was set up in such a way that I couldn't miss it, even as distracted as I was. Hi Dad. I’m guessing other travelers were a bit surprised at seeing a strange woman crying over a blue Porsche in the middle of the airport.

Walking through the rest of the airport I saw on display a dozen or more model aircraft of early attempts at flight. Similar to what Dad and I might have gone to see together when I was a kid. I slowed down, took pictures and gave thanks, for my father and the message he sent me one year after he left.

I hope in this season of thanks and slowing down, you also get to feel the love all around you.

Blessings, and reach out anytime…

Jessie