To start this tale from the beginning, I humbly suggest starting with parts one, two, and three. Conventional wisdom says not to look down if you find yourself in a high place, particularly if heights aren’t your thing. So since heights aren’t my thing, I looked down. The cast-iron steps I was standing on had […]
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Camping on Hunting Island State Park: Part Three
If you haven’t read Part One or Part Two of our Hunting Island Adventure, you may want to start there first. One of my biggest fears with the whole public restroom situation was that I’d have to wake up in the middle of the night and take Baby-girl to the bathroom. There’s just something about […]
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Camping on Hunting Island State Park: Part Two
We hit a stroke of good fortune that evening; the souped-up camper next to us had giant spotlights they kept shining in our direction throughout the tent-pitching process. The tent pitching went well for the people involved (I was self-elected to food sanitation duty); in short order, we were campers with the best canvas money […]
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Camping on Hunting Island State Park: Part One
I suppose I need to provide some background information before I begin my camping tale. Right now some of my friends and family members are rereading that last sentence, suddenly questioning their own literacy. See, I am not a camper. There are several small reasons why camping is not my idea of a good time, […]
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Island Trick-or-Treating
So tonight, I was with the ninjas, Cinderella, and the big guy holding her hand. And here are the small people, pre-trick-or-treating, getting ready for the annual Halloween picture. Some of us were more ready than others. One of us was still assembling his costume while walking to the first house on our route. I […]
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If You Build It
They prepare, and then wait for the tide to come in, knowing it always, always does. After all, as the theory goes, if you build it, the water will come.