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A Walk Under Bare Branches 5 Apr 2013 | 08:16 pm
Not long ago, the four of us took an unfamiliar walk together. Up a dirt road, through the trees and the sound of wind and water, we walked through the light drizzle of the end of winter and the begin...
On Unpreparedness 5 Mar 2013 | 10:38 am
Feeling unprepared is a pretty big part of parenthood. In a way, it’s kind of a theme. You might have thought every imaginable angle through and considered all the hypotheticals, but you’re never real...
The Boy Scouts and My Gay Coach 5 Feb 2013 | 03:05 am
All of this kerfuffle about whether or not the Boy Scouts should allow homosexuals into their group has me thinking of an old friend. I’m not sure I should really call him a friend as I haven’t spoken...
And, in the Backseat, You Will Receive Total Consciousness 25 Jan 2013 | 09:00 pm
This parenting gig is about as predictable as a speed dating event sponsored by Ambien and Wild Turkey. But, there are a few guarantees. You will say things that you would never think would come out o...
A Post About Saying Thank You 22 Jan 2013 | 07:31 pm
It was one of those moments. The kind where you knew why it was important. The kind that counterbalances darkness and sadness and apathy. The kind that doesn’t surprise you when it comes because its a...
Digging Down to Perfection 18 Jan 2013 | 11:05 pm
Laying on the love seat behind me, her breathing sounds as it always does this time of night. It is slow and rhythmic and loud, punctuated by bursts and snorts. Her paws twitch a little and her lips c...
On Memories and Murals 6 Jan 2013 | 10:31 am
It feels like it was a cool fall morning, but considering that it was Southern California, it may have been any time of year. Dad and I drove out to the edge of East County, where suburbia gives way t...
My Daughters, My Teachers 5 Dec 2012 | 11:49 pm
It happened twice over the course of one week. Both times my wife told me that she needed to talk to me, that preface that almost never means an enjoyable conversation is to follow. Our daughters had ...
One Fuzzy White Slipper 4 Dec 2012 | 08:47 pm
I was going through some old short stories I wrote and found this one. It was a (rejected) entry in a past round of NPR’s Three Minute Fiction contest. I like it and would love to know what you think....
Sharing Quiet Moments and Tacos 11 Nov 2012 | 12:05 am
As a father and a daughter, our connection is unbreakable. Her mom calls it an invisible string that connects our family together. Nothing could ever sever that string. Nothing could ever come between...
