There is a moment in fishing when everything changes. For minutes—or sometimes hours—you've been casting, retrieving, changing lures, watching the water, and wondering if there is actually a fish anywhere near you. Then you feel it. A tug. Your line tightens. The rod bends. Your heart rate immediately jumps. Fish on. Suddenly, every quiet moment that came before it feels worth it. I've fished in freshwater and out on the ocean. I've caught fish and I've been skunked. I've spe

Last night, I went out to the garden to cut some Swiss chard for dinner. Nothing particularly adventurous. Nothing planned. Just dinner. I brought the chard inside and started preparing it when I noticed what looked like a small green leaf tucked among the greens. Except this particular leaf looked a little…different. It was a frog. A tiny green tree frog had apparently hitched a ride inside with our dinner. After the initial surprise—and a little excitement—we carefully carr

A few years ago, I started Trident Log Rolling. At its simplest, log rolling sounds almost ridiculous: get on a floating log, start running, and try not to fall off. Spoiler alert: you fall off. A lot. But somewhere between climbing onto the log, desperately trying to keep your feet underneath you, and inevitably splashing into the water, something pretty incredible happens. You're learning. When I started Trident Log Rolling, I wanted to introduce campers to an activity that

There is something wonderfully simple about putting a seed into the ground. Dig a small hole. Drop in a seed. Cover it with soil. Add water. Wait. For a child, though, what happens next is anything but simple. A garden can become a science laboratory, a place for questions, a lesson in responsibility, and an opportunity to experience something that can be difficult to teach inside a classroom: growth takes time. That is the power of a garden. Gardens Invite Curiosity A garden