The Atlantic recently ran a piece entitled Why Parents Need to Let Their Children Fail. Written by a teacher, it describes a recent study that examined overparenting, a phenomenon characterized…
I’ve been working on a story for The Moth about the beginning of my relationship with my wife and some of the more uncharacteristically awkward and foolish decisions that I…
Elysha and I attended a book club in Tolland on Friday night, and it was one of the most entertaining that I have ever had the pleasure of joining. The…
While reading a story about a prince and a princess falling in love and living happily ever after, Clara said, “I think I’ll stay with Charlie. I’m going to fall…
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE is 200 years old this week. In celebration of this anniversary, Anglerfish Magazine created a “Which Pride and Prejudice Character Are You?” flowchart. Usually these flowcharts are…
There may come a day when my children want to kill each other. When that happens, my hope is that they will look back on these photos and remember how…
When I’m desperately trying to squeeze out a few more sentences of my manuscript and Charlie is demanding my attention, I can always depend on a Baby Mum Mum, a…
My wife agreed to bring my daughter to her favorite library yesterday. “The one with the stage and the trains,” she said. The main branch of the West Hartford public…
In working on a short piece of nonfiction with my editor, I was recently offered the following comments: “Much too self-effacing. People are going to think you’re Canadian.” “Incredibly stiff.…
