Why even yell “Shut the door” as if you have control over the blazing sun?
Your father
When I told your father your old house had burned down he said, “Huh” as if I had simply mentioned the time of day.
Poems for Fathers
I’ve been debating for weeks whether or not to share this. This could easily be filed under the “Look How Cute My Kid Is” category, which most parents fall victim to — myself included. But I’ve thought about this at the oddest moments ever since it first happened, which tells me there’s something to it…
Unique vs. unusual
I just had an unusual experience with two of the books I’m currently reading. Ben Yagoda’s How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them is an engaging read. It seems geared for college writers, but anyone could benefit from his dead-on advice. It’s not just a…