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El Tiempo rides at dusk

The silver of the moon glows like spurs eased against the flank of a horse… well, actually it’s a 60-watt LED bulb from Lowe’s, but it sheds its light…

Jun 16 •

Learning to Fly with Mr. Mom

I’m cooking tonight, so somehow there’s a hammer and a set of pliers on the counter, and Tom Petty is playing while I simmer the beef.

Jun 14 •

Making meaning from mowing the grass

Freshly mowed grass is a smell that can put me back in a Dodgers t-shirt jersey and baseball pants.

Jun 10 •

Time to kick today's butt!

Kick Today’s A** Journal

Jun 5 •

Even the videographers cry at weddings

Someone is getting married. And I’m here to film it! Why?

Jun 3 •

May 2025

My cookie-cutter neighborhood

I never saw myself living in a suburb.

May 30 •

While I breathe, I hope

I’ll tell you the moment I think I became a writer.

May 22 •

There’s never a good reason to be in a CVS after 2 a.m.

May 20 •

I’m at the beach this week in Charleston, so this will be the only post.

May 13 •

My father's joy

In counseling, they’ll give you a wheel of emotions to get you started talking about your feelings.

May 7 •

If you give me the opportunity for self-importance, I will take it.

May 6 •

Some dreams die singing "Seminole Wind"

In 2019, a lifelong dream died in the Hocking Hills near Logan, Ohio, to the sound of John Anderson’s Seminole Wind. That’s how dreams are: most of them…

May 1 •

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