Blog Remorse
I have been ignoring this blog. Maybe we had a fight and I've been sulking. I'm not sure. But I hope you, the person who has wandered into my neglected…
Swing Deep
So I guess I'm theoretically supposed to say something profound or deep or morally useful here. Yeah. Mostly this is what I did with my Sunday afternoon. Another son and…
comic con- acopea
The best thing about Salt Lake Comic Con, besides going with my uber-nerdy children, was being with 50,000 people who are either comic geeks or giant bandwagoners acting ridiculous. I'm…
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
I'm not sure this is a good idea but I'm going to do it anyway. That's a ringing endorsement. I'm going to make a video log of me trying…
LET’S WRITE TOGETHER
CAROL WILLIAMS TOLD ME TO SAY THIS, BUT I LISTEN CAREFULLY TO EVERYTHING CAROL SAYS AND YOU PROBABLY SHOULD TOO. SHE'S SMART LIKE THAT: Registration is now open for the…
Crazy Horses
When the foal is born he doesn’t love his mother. She is the comfort he is made of. With time the wild horse is an exquisite beauty who can fade…
XXXOOO
Parents are raised by their children. I'm lucky to have kids who raise me gently and with lots of forgiveness, inappropriate humor and loud singing. It's sort of like living…
Pony Hunts
Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters. --Neil…
Hope Floats
Last month the University of Utah and the University of Kansas published a report about the relationship between creativity and nature. Backpackers scored 50 percent better on a creativity test…
The Pokey Princess
Claire is more like a naughty princess now. She still crosses her legs behind her when she lies on the floor, like some sort of doggy debutante, and bats her lashes with the best of them, but she is a one-dog-destruction-crew if she isn’t watched.