“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” It has been a century since F Scott Fitzgerald wrote those words to open The Great Gatsby.   Maybe Nick Carraway's father was onto something. I catch myself ready to criticize someone, and that voice echoes back. Maybe the person I'm about to judge didn't grow up in a house with two loving parents. Maybe they didn't have a neig

She just called.  She called as I was about to cut the grass that she cut all summer.  She was at her spot by the Atlantic and I was at...

The American flag wrapped around the flagpole in center field. A butterfly floating across the outfield. The heat of the sun on my neck...

Gratitude comes in many forms. Today it came in the form of a pack of baseball cards. A Jackson Chourio... A Corbin Burnes... A Kyle...

Gratitude comes in many forms. Today it came in the form of a pack of baseball cards. A Jackson Chourio... A Corbin Burnes... A Kyle...

"WTF…" I muttered, wiping sweat from my forehead. "Why can't I do something as basic as stack firewood without it collapsing?" And then...

"WTF…" I muttered, wiping sweat from my forehead. "Why can't I do something as basic as stack firewood without it collapsing?" And then...

Did you see them? Did you see the vultures rising from behind the building? Ten or twelve vultures pumping their wings to get up above...

Did you see them? Did you see the vultures rising from behind the building? Ten or twelve vultures pumping their wings to get up above...

Did you see them? Did you see the vultures rising from behind the building? Ten or twelve vultures pumping their wings to get up above...

Walking through a cemetery provides me with a sense of grounding, enhancing my humility. As I pass by the graves of individuals who were...

Walking through a cemetery provides me with a sense of grounding, enhancing my humility. As I pass by the graves of individuals who were...

Walking through a cemetery provides me with a sense of grounding, enhancing my humility. As I pass by the graves of individuals who were...

Sometimes I feel alone. Not lost in the woods as it is getting dark alone, but the kind of alone that can come in a crowd. I can’t feel...

Sometimes I feel alone. Not lost in the woods as it is getting dark alone, but the kind of alone that can come in a crowd. I can’t feel...

Sometimes I feel alone. Not lost in the woods as it is getting dark alone, but the kind of alone that can come in a crowd. I can’t feel...

In college I had a professor who used to talk about “Power Spots”. Places that you could go and disappear for a while with just...

In college I had a professor who used to talk about “Power Spots”. Places that you could go and disappear for a while with just...

In college I had a professor who used to talk about “Power Spots”. Places that you could go and disappear for a while with just yourself....

“If you go out Route 67 towards Galway, they have the best cider donuts out there!” I was listening to a conversation on a recent morning...