Patrick’s Kindergarten Thanksgiving Break, and the first of a five-part series…

The words taunted me from the staticky old tube TV screen…

I tried to be cool, but in truth the intense darkness spooked me…

the truth was that I couldn’t stand the idea of facing my mom’s family…

Grandpa was a special brand of New Mexico tough…

I stand in the kitchen and read the final lines of a note posted to the fridge…

The one thing I wanted most was a natural birth…

“So the job falls to me,” I say into my Jeep’s integrated phone system as I look for the exit towards my family’s old cabin…

I find there’s a certain kind of power wielded by a six-foot-three, amateur bodybuilder with a recently (but not so recently) shaved chest…

I’ve never been good at people…

A five-step guide to slow travel for fast people.

The allure of the classic American road trip is hard to ignore…

I can’t say what I hope this note will accomplish. I guess I hope it will keep you from hating me for what I’m about to do…

Ever since I sent my mortar board sailing at college graduation four years ago, I haven’t been sure-footed…

A simple counseling session becomes anything but…