Last year a pretty insane thing happened: I cracked a couple of jokes about a fake conference I was attending, called HomeHer10, and bam! Soon, thousands of tweets, dozens of blog posts, at least two videos, and even several impromptu sponsors later, and I was exhausted from laughing for three days straight. I had way…
Author: Backpacking Dad
Epic Evening
The headache I’ve had all day is probably related to the late night I had. It was crazy. I mean, I’ve done some wild things in my day, but last night was epic. In fact, historians have unearthed a poem about last night. I tried to stop them, but they were all “Hey look at…
Afternoon
With the windows open, a breeze carries the sounds of squeaking tricycle wheels and plastic dump truck dumpings in from the back yard. Voices giggle spring, echoing grass and tomato plants and snails and beetles against the walls. The sun sits low while a bike bell tings. The grill is cool: today I have bucket chicken…