I didn't grow up going to overnight camp. My parents weren't too familiar with the concept as they weren't raised with such opportunities. The local city day camp and Vacation Bible School is where my sister and I were sent to each summer. I often wondered if I had missed out on some life … [Read more...]
Chomp!
Carl Hiaasen for kids? Oh, yes. This is his fourth, in fact! And good stuff it is, too. Chompby Carl HiaasenKnopfISBN: 978 0 375 86842 9Wahoo (no really, that's his name) and his dad Mickey are animal wranglers - and doing just fine, until his dad suffered a concussion and had a hard time working. … [Read more...]
Love many, trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe
"What sets a canoeing expedition apart is that it purifies you more rapidly and inescapably than any other travel. Travel a thousand miles by train and you are a brute; pedal five hundred on a bicycle and you remain basically a bourgeois; paddle a hundred in a canoe and you are already a child … [Read more...]