This isn’t some post-modern Keatsian philosophical musing, but a real story that happened in our family this weekend. Beauty is a chicken. Rather, she WAS a chicken. She and another hen, Snow White, were abandoned near our house in July, and the local Animal Control officer asked if we wanted to adopt them. At that [...]
Entries from September 28th, 2010
Killing Beauty
September 28th, 2010 2 Comments
Tags: Add new tag · chicken slaughter · omnivore's dilemma · vegetarianism
Dad Life
September 16th, 2010 1 Comment
I’ve been thinking a lot about Dads lately. Ever since I read Camille Paglia’s recent Op-Ed in the New York Times, the state of modern fatherhood has been troubling me: “Family life has put middle-class men in a bind; they are simply cogs in a domestic machine commanded by women. Contemporary moms have become virtuoso [...]
Tags: Camille Paglia · Dad Life · fatherhood · gender roles · male identity · Terry Real
The Princess Who Saved Herself
September 15th, 2010 3 Comments
Once in awhile, you hear a new song, and it immediately becomes your anthem. When I was 12, it was “Time After Time,” by Cyndi Lauper. ”The song is so mellow and soothing. It is probably the story of my life,” I wrote (without a trace of irony) in my 6th grade journal. All through [...]
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Going to the Mat
September 14th, 2010 No Comments
Hurray! I just had an essay published about my college gym requirement (Yoga) in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Click here to read.
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Dad Life Rap
September 8th, 2010 2 Comments
This one goes out to all you Dads out there. “This is how we do it. 24-7. 365. Check me.” Seriously, guys, this vid by Church On The Move Tulsa is worth watching (for Moms too). I laugh every time I see it:
When Things Fall Apart
September 1st, 2010 No Comments
Late summer blows in like a sudden storm. The cold front sends me rushing to close the windows, their casings swollen open for three months straight. I remember the heat wave now like a lost lover, blurred with nostalgia and regret. Why didn’t I savor it while it was here? Why did I wish it [...]
Tags: depression · motherhood · mothering guilt · Pema Chodron · when things fall apart
“Am I Jewish?”
September 1st, 2010 No Comments
Good news! I just had an essay published on The Washington Post.com. It’s on their Religion Blog, On Faith. If you’re curious about things Jewish or want to read some inter-generational family history, feel free to give it a read. Click here to read “Am I Jewish?”
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