Seeking Fatherhood

  • Retirement

    November 11, 2025

    A big announcement, and my plan that’s not quite a plan.

  • Treehouse: Coda

    October 29, 2025

    10 years later, its purpose served, it was time. On the joys of cleaning up.

  • Launched

    August 31, 2025

    The nest is half-empty, and I’m figuring out how in the world I feel about it.

  • Pre-College Summer Crazy

    July 15, 2025

    Coming to terms with the big changes ahead.

  • Night Math

    May 13, 2025

    Awake, because my mind won’t stop. This night I kind of enjoy the ride.

  • Redlands, Here She Comes

    April 9, 2025

    Somehow the college application process changed my daughter, charmed her really.

  • Prom Season

    March 19, 2025

    Prom dress shopping got me thinking about 1981.

  • Dreaming Up Spring Break

    January 17, 2025

    Scheming and planning and trying to plan just the right family trip.

  • Holidays 2024

    December 6, 2024

    Happy and Merry to all. Our yearly letter, celebrating big changes.

  • ‘Tis the (College Application) Season

    November 21, 2024

    Wrapping my head around the application season. One: It’s not about me!

  • Memory and Meaning

    October 11, 2024

    If I don’t remember a book I read and loved, does it “count”?

  • Monkey Mind

    September 12, 2024

    Could I learn to be more like the dog?

  • Returns

    August 18, 2024

    The kids, even in their terrible teens, so strongly want to revisit places that were “ours.”

  • Home, O Home

    May 29, 2024

    Finding one’s place is an ongoing job.

  • Passover

    April 26, 2024

    Loving the annual hopeful ode to Spring, renewal, and freedom from oppression.

  • I Know Some Things

    February 18, 2024

    Why do we pay taxes? What’s interest? Do you really need insurance to drive a car?

  • Happy Holidays 2023

    December 13, 2023

    Wishing you wonderful holidays and the very best in 2024!

  • On Becoming My Parents

    December 2, 2023

    I’m thankful that life is long enough we can make a few 180 degree turns.