I’m proposing a new holiday – Real Talk Day – where no one works and everyone talks about what’s important to them.
And you can’t just cop out and say “family.” You have to go deeper than that. And if you’re not answering the questio… Read more...
The Birth & Death of Hate
HATE cannot survive in the light.
It requires enclosed spaces . It forces us to see only the shadows of real things, but never the real things themselves.
HATE is clever. It is born where no one will look: in the echoing rooms of joyous friends holding hands and singing songs, offe… Read more...
The Boogeyman, Revealed
I listened to my daughter and her friend talk about the boogeyman yesterday, in the car ride home from picking up pizza.
You’re safe as long as you stay under the covers. He won’t come and get you if you’re asleep. Yeah, only if you’re awake. And he knows th… Read more...
What Comes After A Good Cry
I had just finished crying over the loss of a friend.
It was 6 am and my daughter, the younger one, was up early laying in bed next to my wife, or, should I say, on top of my wife, annoying the heck out of her, trying to get her to let her watch baby videos on her phone. This is t… Read more...
Mr. Cook
Hey folks, we had a bit of a glitch with today’s post, so here it is again: an important one that poured out of me in like 15 minutes about the timelessness of beloved relationships….
My high school art teacher died Wednesday and, though I’m 3,000 miles away and missed… Read more...
Different Cocktails
You’re out with friends and someone buys a round of cocktails. Everybody drinks up and comments on how great the cocktails are, but you’re thinking everyone is crazy, there’s way too much alcohol in here, or maybe it’s too spicy, or lacks any flavor at all… Read more...
Happiness
Why is HAPPINESS so hard to obtain when it’s the thing we all want in life?
There’s no shortage of it and we have the gift of free will to track it down and put it in our pocket, yet most of us don’t get the experience of emptying it out onto our nightstand at th… Read more...
The Cliff Laugh
I laugh loud and am amused easily, which makes me the ideal member of any audience. It’s a full-body laugh that makes me hit my head on the back of the chair, even slide off onto the ground. Kids either love my laugh or are afraid of it, as it foghorns its way into the roo… Read more...
The Arena
Powerful people are unfaithful commentators. The story they tell is bound together by the desire to retain their pedestal. Who would give up a VIP box seat to sit in the bleachers? No one wants to do that and so power begets power – sometimes intentional, sometimes not.
So, … Read more...
Powder Blue
We go through such great lengths to paint the inside of our rooms… It takes all day, we risk destroying furniture and floors. Taping’s a bitch. It gets much worse before it gets better, and it always takes longer than first envisioned.
But it’s worth it, don̵… Read more...