My connecting flight from Chicago to Boise is delayed by about 25 minutes. The plane arrived late, so the cleaning and safety crew needed time to prepare it. I sit…

I am teaching the better half of four sets of twins in my class this year. "The better half" because I always like my students best. As a teacher who…

I wrote something a little bit ago that included the words "sexual preference." A reader sent me a message in response that I wanted to highlight. They wrote: ___________________________ Great…

My daughter, Clara, likes to stay under the radar at school. She's a high school sophomore with many great friends, but she likes to keep a low profile. School isn't…

Back in October 2024, I completed an Eagle Scout project 36 years in the making. A near-fatal car accident derailed my Eagle Scout project in December of 1988. Still in…

Good news: Despite some recently louder-than-usual bigots and the buffet-style religious zealots, it's important to note that LGBTQ+ rights remain remarkably popular in the United States. In every single state,…

Something kind of amazing happened last week. After years of telling stories about my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Dubois, I received an email from her. My former elementary school principal, Fred…

When I took the Moth stage for the first time in July of 2011 to tell my first story, I thought it would be my one and only. Tell a…

I love this quote. It's also not something Lincoln said, though it is constantly attributed to him. It was likely first expressed in a newspaper article about New Year's resolutions…

The measles outbreak in Texas has now reached more than  150 cases, and for the first time in more than a decade, a child — unvaccinated — has died. Almost…