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Category: Stories

At The Hundred-Twenty-First Meridian

Posted on 08/22/201605/04/2018 by Backpacking Dad

When we left the Silicon Valley for Sacramento on Friday night, I felt a cold sore forming on my bottom lip. I’ve been getting them my whole life, and I know what happens when I don’t pay attention and put some ointment on it: my lip erupts into a painful, grotesque mockery of healthy skin….

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Endeavor To Persevere

Posted on 07/27/2016 by Backpacking Dad

Adrian sat in the grass at the park, bawling and clutching his ankle. It was the fourth time he had fallen from his bike in fifteen minutes, and this time he had struck one of the pedals with his ankle on the way down. I could see there was no scrape or major injury, just…

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The Voyage of the Three Hermiones

Posted on 07/13/201607/13/2016 by Backpacking Dad

“Are you doing magic? Let’s see, then.” “Sunshine, daisies, butter, mellow…” Sunshine “Come to Greece,” my friends said, “we’re getting married.” There are worse reasons to travel across the sea than to attend a wedding. The Greeks did it once because of a wedding too, though their reason was less celebratory than ours, and involved…

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