Sometimes when I write a book, I get lost. It doesn’t happen too often, thankfully, because it’s disturbing. I find myself wandering …

A couple years ago, I was supposed to go down to Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving. A chunk of my family gathers down there every other …

Several years ago (winter 2015/6), I decided to conduct an experiment. I wanted to see what it would be like to not leave the …

Last year (or a million years ago, it’s hard to tell the difference) I went up to the lake with some friends. My father has a little camp …

Happy Halloween! This is my favorite day of the year. I like the cool crispness, the decorations, and all the horror movies on TV …

Sometimes it feels like the walls are closing in. There are too many things to do and I’m not making progress on anything. Every day, I …

My mother is visiting now. She’s a wonderful houseguest, as long as you make sure she has plenty to do. If she doesn’t feel like she’s …

We had rain and wind—all the leaves are down here now. It was a short, but pretty fall display of color. Now I’m left with three tons of …

My list of fall chores is getting shorter. So are the days, of course. I figured out the problem with my mower—needed a new fuel …

For those of you who are following the saga of my father’s recovery, he is back at his own home now, taking his first steps into …

The curtains are closing on summer here. Lots of cool days on the horizon, although we had one last hot one yesterday. I’ve started …

Pessimism makes me angry—sometimes. When people use it as an excuse to not put forth effort, it makes me angry. For a while, my …

Sometimes it feels like I’ve written a million books. I think of a “brand new” idea and then remember that I already wrote it. But …

It has been a long, hard, emotional week so far, and it’s only Tuesday as I write this. Today was sweaty and full of lots of truth …

My father has been living with me for the past month and a half. He has grown much stronger here. It used to take two people to move …

I hope your summer is going well. We had a long stretch of incredibly hot weather. We’re finally back to temperatures that are …