Author: Backpacking Dad
Shame
I hope I can live this down. Someday, I’ll be able to look Erin right in the eyes and tell her that it didn’t matter, really, in the long run. Maybe I’ll be able to use it as an object lesson for Adrian. He needs to know that part of being a man means you…
A Lesson in Meteorology and Climate Science for my Four Year Old
We returned from a trip to San Francisco, and the rain stopped falling. Erin asked me where the rain had gone. A trite, magic-y, dismissive answer formed in the back of my throat, but before it could escape my brain intervened: “Dude. You actually know the answer to this question. You know it, and you…