A Skatepark Is Born

This one time I stopped everything in my life and built an indoor skatepark. This was way back in 2011, when I was young and starry eyed. If you know me, then you already know this happened—it's not like it's some breaking news. Still, time marches on, and you forget.

But! I paddled back into memory lane this week—looking through old photos and recollecting all about what a fun, tough, weird time that was.

(The above clip constitutes one of the only videos I've ever made in my life—disclaimers, and whatnot.)

Now, the reason for my remembrances: My dearest friend Tricia asked me to tell a few stories for Steller, this new, Instagram-y style iPhone app she works for.

For peeps of the creative disposition, Steller is hecka cool. Like Instagram, you can post photos and follow people and, importantly, you can "like" shit. But unlike Instagram, it's all about story telling—not just snapshots. It's like crafting a little zine each time you post. So fun!

Anyhoo, see below for my Commonwealth post. You can turn the pages by swiping, just like with those newfangled magazine apps.

Spring To Do List

1. Keep my seedlings alive until it's time to stuff them in the ground. The sitch is tenuous—a touch of mildew, mold, or blight and it's all over.

2. Adventure more. South? North? I care not.

3. Eat sandwiches and beer in the sun in the park.

4. Skate all the razor scooter parks while the children are still locked away in school.

5. Procure a butter dish. A small thing, sure—except I eat toast in no small amount and want, or actually NEED velvety room-temp butter to spread on said toast. You can't just have a stick of butter wrapped in its original wax paper sitting on the counter, though. That's crazy talk.

6. Take longer walks neath the flowered drooping trees.