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January 2018

January 16, 2018

Wrestling

My son has always been the smallest kid in his class, often mistaken for being...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

My Kite Boy

This post originally appeared at Good Letters on June 5, 2012. I woke at one...

May 2017

May 19, 2017

Poetry Friday: “The Spirit of Promise”

Memories can make good material for poetry. In “The Spirit of Promise,” Daniel Donaghy is...

April 2017

April 13, 2017

Palm Fronds

My daughter held the palm frond as if she’d never seen such a thing. I...

November 2016

November 04, 2016

Poetry Friday: “Winter Song” by Amy McCann

What do we understand? What do we even mean by “understanding”? A poem can pose...

June 2014

June 02, 2014

Can’t a Dad Hug His Boy?

When I sat down to work at my computer yesterday morning, I checked my email...

July 2012

July 03, 2012

Coming Home to Fatherhood

I recently saw a brief clip of a ten year-old girl in her classroom who...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

Why All This Music?

Guest Post I grew up in the Mohawk River valley of upstate New York. By...

June 05, 2012

My Kite Boy

I woke at one thirty with a start. My heart pounded in my ears. My...

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