A XXXL guy bopping up and down on a riding mower — yeah, no. I never liked the optics of that scene, so I never painted it. Instead, I’d walk behind a push mower with a modest 21” cutting width, going back and forth and forth and back every 5-7 […]
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Remember when summer was all about games, puzzles, playing outdoors, being creative, staying up late, sleeping in, running through sprinklers, watching TV in the a/c, and making new friends in camp? Remember when summer was about childhood exploration, riding bikes, reading books for pleasure, trading baseball cards and enjoying a […]
“I’ve got 12! Wait…13!!” “1, 2, 3…8, 9, I think I have 9 bites. Darn.” Baseball is my sport of summer but for my two daughters, a competition of another sort has developed over the years as these two outdoorsy girls make a nightly tally of mosquito bites to see […]
This post is sponsored by Pure Protein. All thoughts and opinions expressed below are honesty and unbiased, as always A lot of parents, too many parents if you ask me, mourn the end of the school year and cheer on the dawn of the next. You probably have, or will […]
There is a place of learning where no one is teaching to a test, a place where #2 pencils are not needed to shade tiny standardized circles, a place where kids are encouraged to challenge their preconceived notions about what is possible. This place, in actuality, is hundreds of places […]
Our epic cross country road trip is just about finished. All that’s left is the crying. We are a bit sad to be at the end but very excited to get back home to our kitties and our own beds. Oh my god I miss my bed. This is been […]
Thanks to Pringles® Summer Jam for keeping our cross country road trip lively and for partnering with me to tell this story. have long been staples of life on the road for my wife and I. Way before we added tinier versions of ourselves to our itineraries, we two lovebirds […]
