“Once it starts going south, how do you get a close relationship back on track? What works best, and when? Because in love, as in comedy and war, timing is everything.”
Post-Casserole Crisis Recovery (for People and Planets)
“You know you’re in crisis when casseroles appear unbidden on your doorstep. It’s what people do when they don’t know what else to do, right?”
Four Men’s Health tips I got from a stick figure called GLëN.
“If we let him, GLëN will help me and my sons live longer, and we will probably like ourselves more to boot.”
Don’t Panic: Coping with Climate Anxiety in Ourselves and Our Kids
“I’ll tell you how I worked this through in my mind, for the school-aged kids in my life. I hope it’s helpful.”
The Parenting PACT That Puts A Roof Over A Child’s Heart
“How do parents build and maintain a roof that will go wherever their child goes throughout life?”
Daze Like Today: A Song for the Long Nights and Short Years of Early Parenthood.
“This song laments the loss of the beautiful brutal early years of family life.”
Song in the Dark: Turning My Climate Anxiety into Action
“I don’t want to have to tell my grandkids that at this time all I did was compost and vote”
Why We Should Let Notre Dame’s Beautiful Ruins Stand (and Why We Won’t)
“What if Paris, France and Catholicism agreed to let the ruins stand as a monument to human faults and impermanence, to inspire true Christian humility?”
The National Chocolate Frog Conversation – #Dad6and11 Ep 3
When your 11 year-old wants to know how parliament works, and your 6 year-old wants a chocolate frog, and you would have to get up off the sofa to go to the cupboard…
The Left-Wing Right-Wing Cashew Conversation – #Dad6and11 Ep 2
Dad’s 6 year old tries to find out how nuts fly, while his 11 year-old talks French Revolution. Just another chat with Dad…
My Doctor's Handwriting 