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October 2018

October 15, 2018

Morning in a Forgotten Neighborhood

The other day it was raining. The clouds were impossibly low, skimming the tops of...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

The Cost of Writing the Truth

I remember my mother used to go to bed for the day. The blackness of...

April 2016

April 18, 2016

Conference Envy: A Survival Guide

Yesterday I was running around the park in a T-shirt with a birthday party full...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

A Good Fight: Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night)

If a pair of writer/directors exists that can rival Joel and Ethan Coen for a...

May 2015

May 18, 2015

In the Marrow of Depression and Anxiety

By the time you read this, I’ll be feeling much better. Therapy will have commenced,...

May 08, 2015

Sugar, Sugar, Part 2: May 8, 2015

Continued from yesterday. When the editors of Good Letters first asked if they could rerun...

May 07, 2015

Sugar, Sugar, Part 1: June 10, 2011

I’ve written before about my father’s alcoholism. From my adolescence until his death, I spent...

April 2015

April 20, 2015

My Mother, My Daughter, Myself

My daughter Anna Maria was born on Orthodox Easter Sunday—Pascha—six years ago. That year, the...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

American Idol: A Guide for Hearing God’s Voice, Part 2

Continued from yesterday. While many desires prompt goodness, others trigger evil and thus can’t be...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Riding the Waves

My sons argue over Avengers characters. The littlest insists he’s Captain America. Another claims Hawkeye....

August 2014

August 25, 2014

We Who Are Left Behind

“Why’d you let go?” Conrad Jarrett shouts at the ceiling, in a climactic scene in...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Losing the Thread

Guest post by Michael Leary After someone commits suicide you begin to filter through everything...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Medicating the Religious Mind

I’ve been taking an antidepressant for six months now. Psychiatry wins: I’m a more functional...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

The Cave of the Heart

Not long ago a young man announced on a video chat site that he intended...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

The Truth Told Slant

Every winter I plunge into darkness. As Seattle days shorten to eight hours with clouds...

June 2013

June 05, 2013

For the Time Being

I recently ran into a good friend who’d been battling depression for years. She looked...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Lamenting an Imperfect Friendship

Walking on the sidewalk of Spokane, I read an email that made me stop still....

November 2012

November 30, 2012

The Cost of Writing the Truth

I remember my mother used to go to bed for the day. The blackness of...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

The Work Awaits, Part Two

Almost exactly two years ago, I made my Good Letters debut with a post titled...

October 23, 2012

Dead Calm at Sea

It’s Monday morning as I write this post. Monday morning, with all that implies: back...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

Depression, Gift, and Legacy

For Johnny, of course My mother has been dead a year now, and it has...