Shelski: February 4, 1967 - December 4, 2008

To order the 2012 Alaska Huntress Calendar, please contact Lynn at lynn.bill@yahoo.com and I'll send you the ordering info per Heather's instructions.

This calendar was started in 2007 by Shelly, as a tribute to her female hunting friends in Alaska. It was her hope that the calendar, designed to help promote women in hunting, would live on. A portion of the proceeds from each calendar will go to a scholarship in Shelly’s honor designed to assist a new female pilot in pursuing her private or sport pilot’s license.

If you are interested in submitting a photo for future calendars or have suggestions, please email me at lynn.bill@yahoo.com with the subject 'AK Huntress Calendar' and I'll forward your info to Heather.

Photos must be HIGH RESOLUTION.
Also, please keep the following in mind (per Shelly's past instructions):
1) Horizontal (rather than vertical) shots work best
2) No: to fishing photos
3) Yes: to photos of you on the hunt, but perhaps without an animal (e.g., hiking-in, flying out, glassing, etc.)
4) Super YES: to first hunts, Alaska hunts, and photos showing you with your animal or parts (meat, antlers, etc.). These will be given first preference.

Sleeping in the Forest - by Mary Oliver

I thought the earth remembered me,
she took me back so tenderly,
arranging her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,
nothing between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths
among the branches of the perfect trees.
All night I heard the small kingdoms
breathing around me, the insects,
and the birds who do their work in the darkness.
All night I rose and fell, as if in water,
grappling with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better.