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Burgers on Dude Night

I turned my back on him for an instant and he was gone. I didn’t hear a sound. Except the other customers at REI. But I knew where he’d go. It’s not hard to plot a 2...

The Pumpkin Patch

You can’t climb until you’re tired, run until you collapse, cry until you sleep, sit in the rain and refuse to move and make it home alive. Because getting back home...

Running Without Falling Down

I think it was driving a car that first got him thinking about the difference between being a kid and being a grown up with a drivers license. I don’t know if all kids...

Skiing With My Dad

We were on our way to Winter Park. The year was 1984 or 1985. Flying up interstate 70 in the Honda for the first day of Eskimo Ski Club. Kids came in busses from all...

Landfill Harmonic

It’s easy to get into the habit of buying everything you need off the shelf, and certainly, I am guilty of that more often than not. But still, if you can make...

Crazy Moon

Lately when my son goes to bed he has to turn the stars on. Of course he has the turtle star projector, which you must go buy right this very minute. Sometimes, when he...