Radio Adventure

 Listen to the radio interview about my "Well" experience. 

https://materdeiradio.com/captivate-podcast/the-woman-in-the-well-barbara-hettwer/

Adventures From the Simple to the Sublime

Adventures don't have to be exhilarating or expensive, although they can be. In August, I visited some relatives near Denver for five days. We had a wonderful time with homemade breakfasts, delicious restaurant fare, walking the dog, swimming, and late-night movies. Some of the most fun was had playing mini-golf and racing go-carts. 

There were some high points. We attended a Denver Bronco pre-season game where they beat the Arizona Cardinals 38 to 12. The  Denver fans are wildly crazy for the Broncos! Our experience was exceptional because we had Field Passes to be on the field before the game and watch the team warming up. We sat in the iHeart Radio Suite to watch the game. It was definitely a memorable day. 

This was followed the next day by our attending a Colorado Rockies baseball game. Although I heard  rumors that neither team was at the top of the league, the game was quite exciting (as baseball games go). I actually like baseball, having grown up in a baseball family with a dad who had played college baseball and played in the Catholic league. His father was on a semi-pro team back when every town had their own team. 

Amidst all this excitement, we attended Mass on Sunday morning at the old church in downtown Denver, The Church of the Holy Ghost. It was an hour of sublime peace. Music wafted down from the choir loft that seemed to be gorgeous voices of angels.

Life is good when we appreciate the simple, the exciting, and the sublime. May you enjoy whatever adventure comes your way this day.

The Adventure Deep in the Bowels of the Earth

 

I have had many adventures in life, which I plan to post on this site. This photo reveals one of the more recent and most traumatic ones. The 2 red dots in the photo are the helmets on the heads of neighbor Pete and myself 40' down in an old well! The story will keep you intrigued. I do NOT recommend this adventure to anyone. You can read about it in The Woman in the Well available through amazon.com, powells.com, booksamillion.com and eBook versions. There are more pictures in the book and also answers to your curiosity questions, such as:

How long were you in the well?

Did you hit your head?

Who found you?

Where was the well?

Be patient. So many friends and relatives have ordered the book that the printer is a little backed up in delivery. It would be greatly appreciated if each person who finds something positive in the book would write a review on amazon.com and/or goodreads.com. The more reviews, the better my book shows up in searches. You can also order from Ingram (the printer) at https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?B6KdXaMwcXLfM1h1uTYh8rjoD2aYGVtuQk1BNrYeD2F&fbclid=IwY2xjawFMn6BleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUBWwE70W5X236oBC4P_U2RsZqjjpSbxT_ybq_A3fegpC7PLn1PXecEpaA_aem_uxsImjmSod7JDsKI2_EBig

Adventure on the Ranch & in the Air

My grandson, Jonathan, and I had an adventure in SoCal. We stayed with my cousin on their 150 year old ranch. Since the amazing matriarch past away at age 103, no one lives in the main house. We each had our own room in the huge old farmhouse. The house is filled with souvenirs from family trips, paintings of every type filling the walls, a ratty old pool table, and a kitchen sink with a separate faucet for "farm water." Really? What's that? I think it's for watering plants, not drinking. There was a ladder in a  bedroom closet that went straight up to the flat roof with a faucet and a hose. We explored an eclectic mix of unending interest. There was a grand party with yummy food and flowers everywhere to celebrate a granddaugther's birthday and move to Europe. We were enveloped in family history, celebration, and experienced the end of an era. https://www.vcreporter.com/news/the-end-of-an-era-the-maulhardts-and-the-history-of-agriculture-in-ventura-county/article_9ad0c8b6-3487-575a-aaf6-6bf2e2b618dd.html

The highlight of our trip was that Jonathan got to go flying in his uncle's private plane, a Piper Turbo Arrow III. He even had a flying lesson and got to handle the controls.              

Now available!

You can now buy the Woman in the Well (paperback) from Amazon or directly from the printer IngramSpark using this link

https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?cP8y3Cx8lZDtSXa7Ft4MLs06lmSa9jvHKFk6OlThpUN

 

The eBook is also available on Amazon!

If you read about my incredible experience, please give me a review on Amazon and/or https://www.goodreads.com/. This greatly helps promote the book in search engines. Thank you!!!

Inspiring True Adventure Book on its way!

It's been almost 7 years since I posted a blog. The greatest adventure I had during that time was falling in a 54 foot old hand-dug well with 14 feet of  cold water at the bottom! I obviously survived, but only due to my husband's quick thinking, my brave neighbors, and my sheer determination. Look for my book coming soon, The Woman in the Well.

Spider Season

What is worse than finding a worm in your apple? 

Finding a half a worm. 

What is worse than finding a spider in your bath water as you are getting into the tub? 

Finding a spider in your bath water as you are getting OUT of the tub! 

This has happened to me twice in the past week! They are tiny babies. I find one daily in the tub and kill it, then search carefully before entering, and voilah! there is the interloper going down the drain when I'm done. My theory is that some mama spider exploded her nest in my bathroom, but I can't find the source. Perhaps they hide in the jets, then when I turn the jets on, one comes spewing out. Yuck!!! If my back and feet didn't ache so much at the end of a day, I might take a hiatus  from my Jacuzzi tub until spider season is over. 

In addition to these spiderlings, we are breeding giant Oregon house spiders. This season we have sent several to the built-in vacuum canister in the garage. My cousin Melody has one in the downstairs hall closet outside her bedroom that I call her pet. She leaves it there because she figures it eats the other little bugs. He cutely exposes about half his body and front legs. When you walk by, he ducks back into the closet. We murdered one that was waltzing across the family room floor last week. It was so huge that it was WAY bigger than the diameter of the vacuum hose. So after Melody calmly asked me to do it, and I was done screaming, Hubert did the deed. 

For a break from the house spiders, I make at least two trips a day to the barn. There in my tack room, I am breeding some horrid black spider with a big, fat body juicy enough to make a big mess if I smash it. My concrete floor now has black polka dots. When is spider season over?