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 9: Wilmington, VT to Bennington

    My cold weather sleeping bag weighs three times as much as my summer bag. It takes up more than half the room inside my backpack. Packing up in the morning takes 20 minutes, and the bulk of that time is spent trying to stuff my bulky old bag back into the bottom of my pack….

  • Day 8: Brattleboro to Wilmington, VT

    There’s a section in the live version of The Legend of Pedestrio where I talk about how there’s not a patch of ground anywhere on the planet that Pedestrio hasn’t walked across too many times to count. After all, Pedestrio has been wandering this Earth for a thousand lifetimes. No matter how big the world…

  • Day 7: Brattleboro, VT

    Rest day today! I didn’t do any walking, but I did sit down for a live Hitherin Yawn video chat over Zoom. It was a good opportunity to review the week’s highlights (and lowlights) and answer questions from some of the folks who’ve been following along as I completed my first week on the road….