“The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.” —John Green Writing about what it means to be a …
July 2, 2021
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Reading: Finished or mostly finished, in no particular order. The Sea Around Us, by Rachel CarsonDo Pause: You Are Not a To Do List, by Robert Poytnon95 Poems, by E.E. CummingsThe Gorgeous Nothings: Emily …
December 27, 2020
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Arlo has picked up a favorite hobby in the last year: playing records. I love it. As soon as we come downstairs every morning, he wants to pick one out to play during breakfast. …
December 18, 2020
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This year we decided to put up a small advent calendar in our kitchen made of small pieces of paper and clothes pins. Each day has a small corresponding activity, like hanging stockings, making …
December 18, 2020
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September 8, 2020
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“It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility. ” —Rachel Carson During …
July 10, 2020
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In the film 180° South, Yvon Chouinard talks about how climbing is essentially a useless act: “You get to the top of a wall, there’s nothing up there. Lionel Terray, the great French climber …
June 21, 2020
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We’ve been living under a quarantine for a little over 2 months now, and it’s had me thinking a lot about stillness, idleness, and pause. When I first heard of the possibility of a …
May 12, 2020
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For our 3rd anniversary, Katey and I took a road trip on the West Coast. We flew to Sacramento, CA, where we made our way up the coastline to Seattle, WA over the course …
May 23, 2017
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Photos from Katey and my anniversary spent exploring the Cleveland Botanical Gardens and visiting Mentor Headlands State Park.
May 16, 2017

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