I have been on a log hiatus from this blog. In the course of two years since I last wrote in this blog I have been become a Mom. Becoming a Mother has been a wonderful experience and I won’t trade it for the world but on the other hand parenting does not lend much time for self-involved activities such as blogging. During my hiatus my thoughts have lingered on telling my stories from the field. This has prompted me to write down a few of my favorite ones from time to time as they come to me, compiling the beginning of a book I would like to title, “Waders are not Sexy.”
My goal in writing down these stories is to reach out to young men and women who might be interested in a career in the natural resources field. When I was young and looking for the right college or the career path for me I did not have the opportunity to talk to or read about another woman's experience. Looking back now it was as if I stumbled upon this field after spending hours reading through a list of majors available. Hollywood glamorizes the strong female leads with careers such as lawyers, cops, news anchors, florists, publicists or the occasional stay at home mom. Where is the romance novel about the woman who spends her days making streamflow measurements? There is not nor will there ever be such a movie, documentary or TV show because let’s face it a career in the natural resources field is not glamorous and waders are simply not sexy.
I hope you enjoy my blog and please feel free to pass it on. If I influence just one mind to take a chance in this exciting field I will feel my time here on this blog has been validated. Thank you.
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