The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Sponsors

Originally published in the 2022 Mews News Every so often, I hear folks with a lot of experience chatting about the requirements they set for apprentices. There’s typically a lot of smart people in that conversation, with a lot of great ideas for how falconry should be done, what’s best for the hawks, and how …

James Mathe’s writing – 2013-2019

You’re probably wondering why you found James Mathe’s writing on this “Vercant” guy’s website. Well, here’s the details. From roughly 2009-2017, James Mathe and I worked together in a variety of ways. I was first his store manager, early playtester on Minion Games and occasional copy editor, then his business partner, and ultimately his friend. …

To Be Human

Published in the 2019 Mews News By Matthew Vercant It is 10:12 am and the woods are still. Snow is in the air and on the ground, drifting slowly uphill onto the nearby crest, circling round tree trunks and into hollows. It forms a smooth, unbroken sheet; trackless, stepless, shattered only by the occasional pock …

Constructing a mews

One of the most intimidating pre-apprentice tasks for me was constructing my mews. Largely, I found this a bit overwhelming because I lacked essentially all of the knowledge and skills necessary to make a building, excepting perhaps laying shingles. Each step had to be researched, second guessed, and researched again prior to doing it. I …