Of gender and the Gingerbread Figure: It's still bad for yours.…

>“Use the cement of rock bottom and make it musical.” — Macklemore, ‘Vipassanna‘ I tend to get caught up in the daily whirl. Balancing fatherhood and a career doesn’t leave much time for contemplation.…

Life isn't just something you get through on your way to a more comfortable bed.…

Like HD Thoreau, Bill Weale had faith in a seed. As a preacher, faith was kind of Grandpa’s thing. He also believed in being open to messages and signs. So it was strangely comforting…

“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am…

This is for Elizabeth. Let’s talk about chickadees! My heart leapt yesterday at the neighbourhood bus stop. We parents gather there every morning with a gaggle of bundled-up elementary school kids, waiting for the…

In case you’re still dropping by, there’s stuff going on. I’m just lacking focus. I know it’s time to start writing again when the 2AM nightmares come back. So here’s what’s going on: –…

It’s around this time of year, not sure what day, or even what year, that Aunt Margaret died. It was four years ago? Five? I was in Vermont when I got the news, indirectly,…