In November, A Parkside View will be back. Yup, the monthly newsletter that features exclusive content will be back and ready for monthly installments again. Still working out a few details. Got some additional thoughts to share about it in October. But there is one big thing to mention now. You can sign up to get the newsletter right on our site! For free! On each of the websites – In My Backpack and Dumb Old Bob – there is a place for you to enter your email

Honestly, if I’m being fair to myself and many visitors who have been kind enough to join me time and again for well over two decades, the From The Backpack idea has already been introduced. But this is kind of a new In My Backpack. An In My Backpack teamed up with Dumb Old Bob. An In My Backpack that was renovated and overhauled, and is up and running and still promising so many more surprises. From The Backpack is the first of those surprises to arrive on our new si

The website is back (and it has a sister site). First and foremost, welcome. For many of you, this is a welcome back. You’ve been around In My Backpack – or as we often refer to it, Backpackville – before. Many of you have been visiting the site, buying my books, reading my newsletter, attending appearances, and just supporting my efforts for quite some time. A few of you all the way back to the start of The ‘ville in 2003. Thank you very much, it’s great to have