Misfits, Losers, Miscreants, Wise Guys & Clowns
Don't know how I survived Camp Prison-Shit. If not for Jon and his dog, Lucas, I'd have been dead. Of course, slipping into a coma helped. Now, Camp Prison-Shit wasn't its real name, not by any means....
View ArticleMisfits & Losers, Part 2
If you were to ask me to pinpoint the moment I realized camp was hell, I couldn't say. From the outset, I knew this camp would be different. It was for city kids who’d never really experienced the...
View ArticleHangin’ with My Daughter
I'm not one to point out the obvious but you may have noticed that a certain yours truly has been out of commission. This is on account that my daughter's been home for a visit, and you know what that...
View ArticleMiscreants & Wise Guys
Part 3 of Camp Life (Warning: Explicit Language) All points lead to hell and there’s no escape, that’s for sure. And it’s especially true of my time at Camp Prison-Shit, because, dammit, we were in...
View ArticleCamp Life: Breaking Curfew
Lucas walked purposely thorough the brush, about 20 feet ahead. It was pitch dark and ridiculously late, and I could barely make out his outline in the dim moonlight. Luckily, he moved neither too...
View ArticleThe Longest Week
This has been the longest week ever. It’s the last week before Christmas and I swear it doesn’t want to end. Not only are kids everywhere counting the days until Santa comes down their chimney, but...
View ArticleSomebody, Talk Me Down!
I can’t watch the presidential elections anymore. I can’t. I absolutely cannot! It’s killing me. If I hear one more insult, one more low blow, I’m going to run for the hills. And by that I mean Canada...
View ArticleThe Stay-Put Traveler
I'm talking seeing the world via a "stay-cation" and experiencing other lands through items found as close as a trip to your neighborhood grocery store. Continue reading →
View ArticleOpen a New Window
During my recent trip to the Netherlands, I fell in love with this quaint, enchanting country. Everywhere I looked I felt surrounded by history, right down to the windmills, which are a national...
View ArticlePowering Through Vacation
Poor thing, she’s still coughing. Well, it’ll be okay as long as I don’t get sick. In fact, I never NEVER get sick. I’ve been taking the flu shot for years which has been key to staying healthy. This...
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