Welcome

I am Alice Jones Webb, a freethinker, suburban homesteader, avid hunter and angler, gun gal, and ardent conservationist. (You can find out more about me via Instagram. You’ll also find copious photos of my dog. But she’s gorgeous, so…)

I cut my teeth in the writing world back when blogging was a thing (back in the olden days when you had to type out blog posts by candlelight while hiking barefoot uphill both ways). It was a time when a person could carve out their own little corner of the blogosphere and be honest, raw, and thought-provoking. I mostly wrote about my counter-culture approach to life and raising children back then. In 2017, Blogher and She Knows Media recognized me as a Voice of the Year Honoree.

These days, my children are grown, and I make a living stringing together pretty words. As an outdoor and gun writer, my work has been featured in Field & Stream, Recoil, Free Range American, Pew Pew Tactical, Backwoods Survival Guide, Backwoodsman Magazine, and many other publications online and in print.

Unfortunately, outdoor writers rarely get to write about all the things that spark our passions in the publications where we are contributors. Too often, we’re constrained by “search engine optimization,” advertiser interests, affiliate marketing relationships, and rampant social media censorship.

Take It Outside is a way for me to jump out of those boxes and focus on the things that light me up. If you’re into getting outside, harvesting your own food, living a self-reliant lifestyle, and stretching beyond the limits of your comfort zone, you might enjoy coming along for the ride.

Why a newsletter?

I want to be independent of mainstream media and own my writing. I want to be open and raw about everything from gear reviews to public policy without having to worry about upsetting “the powers that be” (AKA the folks who sign my paychecks).

Also, having my content delivered straight to your email prevents it from being sucked into the shadow-ban abyss that is often social media, especially when the subject is guns, hunting, homesteading, or ideas outside of mainstream thought processes.

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