Abner Serd

Author | Humorist | Storyteller

green and white landscape

You found me!

Now, that’s a feat worth featuring. You see, I spend most of my days out on Wild Side, weighing the sunrise. It’s not that I’m hard to find; you’ve just got to know where to look.

So … you found me. Well done.

‘Course, it’s possible you just happened to stumble across my back trail, and now you’re wondering exactly what manner of beast you’ve got sighted.

On that score, you can put your mind at ease: I’m a storyteller. Mostly harmless. I specialize in humorous yarns and the occasional rhyming recitation. I’ve also been known to wander hitherin yawn, as you can plainly see from my blog.

Howdy. I’m Abner. Pleased to make your acquaintance.

Abner among the greenery

Abner Serd

Let me tell you a story …


Tales from Hitherin Yawn:

  • Day 18: Syracuse to Weedsport, NY

    Long day today — about 30 miles, not counting a three-mile detour in search of breakfast. But that only happened on account of I hit the road so early in the morning that nothing was open yet. The clouds and moon conspired to wake me up at 4 am. All night long, the moon had…

  • Day 17: Oneida to DeWitt, NY

    Back on the Canalway Trail today. The weather has turned grumpy: this morning it started raining the minute I left the inn. It rained for two hours and remained mostly cloudy all day, with a cold wind lowering the temperature. But I made it to the outskirts of Syracuse & managed to find a patch…

  • Day 16: Utica to Oneida, NY

    Allow me to make a distinction between walking for pleasure and walking to get somewhere. Those are two separate propositions, although I do like it when a path is fun to walk and it can also get you where you need to go. Most of this journey has been pretty fun so far. I’ve been…