The 2018 NCAA Tournament: A Primer
Coming off a slow, ugly but eventually conclusive first-round victory over Montana, the Wolverines are riding a wave of 10-straight wins. May the streak run longer than their inseams.
Potato Salad Diaries (Volume II)
November 19, 2014
I blew strawberry gelatin mix out of my nose today.
I don’t want to talk about it.
The Purpose Driven Toddler: Seven Steps to a Righteous Rugrat
Locusts. They were good enough for John the Baptist; they are good enough for your toddler.
Speak Again
I still talk to myself. Big conversations I’ve rehearsed of late include a breakup, a car insurance claim, and a defense of “inappropriate” literature I’ve chosen for a class.
Pothole Culture Shock
I didn’t swerve around the pothole because I didn’t see it. In many ways, I’ve forgotten how to look outside myself and outside my culture.
Bloom and Grow
I think when we look down on children it’s because we have momentarily, or perhaps chronically, forgotten that little kid inside earnestly whispering, “Don’t forget me. I’m still here.”
I Hope We Can Still Be Friends
The main reason for the break up was something she called “bad timing.”
Portrait of a Recovering Alcoholic
482 days.
Confessions of a Calorie Counter
You learn to love the foods that have nothing. Coffee. Mustard. Certain brands of hot sauce.
I Am Liking Myself
“It doesn’t matter what you do,” I will tell my children, “as long as you like yourself better than you like most other people.”
