From the Archives – On Covert Meetings

As amazing as parenthood can be, I have been convinced for some time that our children conspire against us.

From the Archives – Best Medicine

"The broad smile returned to her face, and she giggled, a grating, mechanical sound, like a hinge starting to lose its lubrication. “You’re a funny man, Mr. Carlton! Very funny man.”

From the Archives – Survival Skills Reality Check

I actually begin to think to myself that I could probably survive there just fine. . .

Travel Diary Alaska// Fishers of Fish, Part 2

It’s the summer of 2021, and I'm with my brother-in-law again. We are on a much smaller boat with a much simpler pair of goals: to not fall into the icy water around Kodiak Island, Alaska, while also trying to catch at least one fish (or to at VERY least not hook one of our fishing partners with one of the stunningly large hooks on our borrowed poles!).