The Hyperborean Geocacher

I have written about geocaching on this blog before.

It is an excellent (and inexpensive) way to get outside and exercise alone or with the family. A global game, you can find active geocaches almost anywhere you travel (yes, even Antarctica AND the International Space Station). I have been actively caching since early spring and it is a great way to spend spare time or family time.

I find myself wanting to write about geocaching more and more yet this blog doesn't really seem the place to do so. So I created a new blog, The Hyperborean Geocacher. It will be my place to write about all things Geocache. It will also be a place to pursue another one of my hobbies, photography. I always have my camera with me when Geocaching and always have time to grab shots like this one...

Come on over and visit. You may walk away with a new hobby...

Fifth Grader One, High Schoolers ZERO.

I had one of those "so proud of my student" moments that teachers live for.

We took a trip today. Climbed aboard the shuddering yellow school buses and took the thirty minute drive up I-95 to tour the Constitution Center and Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It was a cloudless, seventy degree journey back in time to the founding of our nation.

One of the highlights of our annual trip is the twenty minute tour of the room where both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were drafted and signed. There is something profoundly moving about standing in the same room as the men who took a stand against King George and then created a framework of government (it was their second try, but hey, who's counting?) that we still use today, 223 years later.

The Chalkboard Dad is the Mentally Sexiest Dad in America!

Awoke this morning to an email from the one and only Joe Schatz from Dad-Blogs.

Dad-Blogs has been running a great contest called The Mentally Sexiest Dad Competition. I loved the idea and thought 'what the hell?' and I decided to enter.

I wrote my entry, enlisted the help of the cutest little girl on the planet for the photo, and submitted.

One Hundred Word Challenge - Ditch

The prompt for this week's flash fiction over at Velvet Verbosity is ditch. The task was to write one hundred words inspired by that word. Here's my go...

Pursuit

He sprinted down the crowded city street. Someone had talked. And now they were after him.

He dove sharply left, into a narrow alley. Dropped to one knee at its opening.

Less than a minute passed before a dark figure raced by the alley, immediately followed by a second.

As he looked a heavy hand dropped with the terrible weight of all the world upon his thin shoulder. A winded voice exhaled one chilling word.

"Gotcha."

The boy looked up into the red face of the truancy officer.

Ditching school was not the adventure he had hoped it to be.