ARCH - Re: ANST - Archery Question

[Debbie Dewart]

As we seem  to  be engage in a hot  debate over whether or  not Ansteorrans
should be shooting in the IKAC and the IKCAC and if the archers who do shoot
these are more apt to win archery  competitions at  events,  I would like to
add  my two cents.

If you are a fighter, heavy  or light,  you go to fighter practice to
practice, hone and improve your skills.  You  do this by actually  fighting.
You  don't do it  by sitting  on  the sidelines and making excuses for  not
practicing.

If you are an artisan, you practice your craft.  Speaking from personal
experience, when my  mother  first taught me to embroider, I have vivid
memories of early efforts  I  would not have wanted anyone to see but, I
kept at  it.  When my mother  first  taught  me to crochet I had  some
spectacular disasters but, I kept crocheting.   When I first  started to
weave I wasted a lot of yarn but, that didn't stop me from  weaving.  Now I
am never going to  be a professional at any of these things but I am
certainly not ashamed of any of the work  I do.   Because  I practiced  and
improved my skills.

I also have a vivid memory of trying to teach my neighbor how to crochet.  I
taught her the chain stitch, which is the foundation  that all other crochet
stitches  stand  upon.   this easy  and she  just kept  on going.   When I
suggested it was time to learn other  stitches so she could  make something
she told me  that was to hard she was just going to chain stitch and wind it
up  in a big  ball.

So, to  me the questions is, are you going to be like the  fighters and the
artisans  and practice (and  if you really  want to shoot  archery you will
find a way to practice) or are you  going to be like my neighbor and make a
big ball of  chain stitches?

HL Darcy Evaline o  Lasgwm


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