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This is barely a Christmas post, but at least it's about a reindeer named after a Russian cosmonaut
Rule No. 1 of walking alongside reindeer was very hard to follow
Dec 25, 2025
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The most beautiful things I saw this year
On the Grand Canyon, the Northern Lights and my daughter's "oyster face"
Dec 11, 2025
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An extremely short post expressing gratitude
So short there's no need to write a subhead
Nov 20, 2025
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So big, so old, so triumphant in survival
Inside the revival of The Bison Range
Nov 6, 2025
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Half marathon. Full heart.
Or my 15-year-old daughter and I ran 13.1 miles together and MANY MANY BIG AND IMPORTANT THINGS were learned
Oct 9, 2025
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Dear Graduates: Eat pie for breakfast
Or: Live Well and Prosper (and Hopefully Long, But I Can’t Help You With That.)
May 1, 2025
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SAY PINK TOADS AND DON'T LAUGH. SAY PINK TOADS AND DON'T LAUGH.
Or how to survive three days on the Ozark Trail with F3 dads and a whole mess of teenage boys.
Feb 23, 2024
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MABA and the power of doubt
1,000 a day every day, burpees in a firetruck and more
Jan 20, 2024
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The Year of Whiplash
You haven't lived until you've seen an ambulance with your daughter in it turn on its lights and speed away.
Dec 22, 2023
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The greatest colonoscopy story ever told
Or at least the best one involving me that happened this week
Nov 30, 2023
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Baby just say yes
Even if—especially if—I, er, YOU, I MEAN YOU wind up dancing in the aisle at the Taylor Swift movie
Nov 22, 2023
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A crash course in driving in the UK
I hit everything but the pace car and it's only because I didn't see one
Oct 20, 2023
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