Like father, like son
Charlie surprised us yesterday by swallowing a marble. While I was in the shower and Elysha was on her laptop, ordering furniture, Charlie screamed, ran past Elysha, and then quickly…
Speak Up #74: “Twenty-one Truths About Love” Book Launch
On episode #74 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, we air the launch of Matthew Dicks's latest novel "Twenty-one Truths About Love." The episode features stories about the publishing of…
Charlie’s turkey
Charlie came home from school yesterday with an art project turkey, which I‘ve always found a little odd. We ask small children to create happy versions of a bird they…
Women’s shirts make messaging hard
A woman approached me yesterday and asked, “Do you like my tee shirt?” There was a message on the shirt, stretched across her chest, which is always awkward for me.…
“Twenty-one Truths About Love” Book Launch
On episode #74 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, we air the launch of Matthew Dicks's latest novel "Twenty-one Truths About Love." The episode features stories about the publishing of…
Deep, seasonal thoughts from my children
In a period of about three minutes: Clara, age 10, asked me to turn down the temperature upstairs. “I’m not getting that crisp, fall feeling that I enjoy this time…
68 garments?
The average American buys about 68 garments every year. 68 GARMENTS PER YEAR. I don’t wear 68 different garments in any given year. Statistics like this are useful reminders that the…
Truth
In the spirit of Twenty-one Truths About Love and list-making, here are three things I think are true: Smart people know how little they actually know. Dumb people think they…
I don’t like Anchorman. Nor should you.
Sometimes the world likes something - even loves something - but you don’t. Like avocados. I can’t begin to imagine why so many people find these small, shriveled balls of…
Books rock
I’ve been out every night this week, speaking about my latest novel, “Twenty-one Truths About Love” to audiences of readers. At each event, a pile of books awaits me, and…
