FEATURED COLUMN: MUSE-WORTHY
Oprah’s ‘Honoring Our Kings’: Exploring the Foundational Impact of Fatherhood
My shrink is an ardent proponent of the school of psychology that attributes the ways we adapt to life to the influences our parents...
To Achieve Flow in an Activity is Human, To Reach It in Life Is Divine
I was filling out a survey from an online social publishing platform the other day when I came to a question asking if “my...
Aging White Boy Spends National Black History Month Pondering His Lifetime of Race Relations
Coming closely on the heels of a horrific year when African-Americans have suffered so disproportionately and visibly from the coronavirus, videotaped police murders, and...
The Little Webster: Pocket-sized Symbol of the Outsized Role of Writing in My Life
My father sometimes used to say he wanted to write. But he didn’t. When he killed himself he didn’t even leave a suicide note....
Will I Ever Find My Way Back to the Road Not Taken? Will you?
If I had a nickel for every time I racked my brain about the road not taken, I’d be beating myself up on a...
Springsteen’s Reflections on Life Mirror My Own
My idol Bruce Springsteen has a new album out, “Letter to You,” along with a documentary film. I caught him talking about them on...
Confessions of an Imprudent Prankster
I’ve always teased the ones I love. Especially the women in my life: my grandmother, my mom, my wife. I can’t recall anyone ever...
A Tribute to Frau Wackernagel
Gardening is known to be good for mental health. But even lazy people can benefit from the sheer beauty. Take it from me.
A Tribute...
A Pandemic Vacation of Memento-Hopping Across the World
Adding to the distress of this already coronavirus-disrupted summer is the latest target of the quick-to-criticize crowd: vacationers. Travel shaming is now a thing....
When “Queer” Was a Slur: My Early Brush With Transgender Identity
The image below is a Promotion for a transgender art exhibit in November 2013. At right is a charcoal self-portrait by the late transgender...
