by Louise | 23 July 2017 | Essays | Tags: Camping
Kyle didn’t take any photos of me building the fire, but here’s one of me flying a kite on the beach. Reading time: 4 minutes Black people famously – stereotypically – don’t like to go camping. But my friend Dominica said, she actually said, that she wants...
by Louise | 3 July 2017 | Essays | Tags: Camping, Love
Kyle taking photos at Lake Wenatchee Reading time: 3 minutes Kyle intended to only ever go camping with me once. I did get him to go camping a second time last year. But how did I get him to go a third time? I got him to go camping a third time by telling him that I...
by Louise | 4 January 2017 | Cultural differences | Tags: Camping
Wading in a cold mountain stream, summer 2015. Reading time: 2 minutes When I was growing up, my family would go camping a lot. And when I was in high school, I’d go hiking with my dad and some of his hiking buddies. If we’d go someplace where there was a...
by Louise | 25 August 2016 | Cultural differences | Tags: Camping
Mt. Rainier! From Highway 410. Me getting my white on. Reading time: 2 min. 30 sec. “You like doing this.” When Kyle is baffled or incredulous, he gets this look of deep suspicion on his face that reminds me so much of his brother, I can’t help laughing. Especially...
by Louise | 18 August 2016 | Essays | Tags: Camping, Funny stuff
Look there! He put on his left sock and left shoe before he started on his right! Reading time: 2 min. 30 sec. When Kyle and I were out camping last weekend, he finally realized that I’m right about how you should put on your socks and shoes. He used to think I...
