I wrapped this afternoon up by adding the essay “Saying Goodbye” to the website. The essay is one of the saddest I have written, but sometimes life is sad. And sometimes the saddest times are the times that show us, and teach us, the most. An excerpt: There were many things I wanted to write […]

I just added the essay “Publishing Revolution” to the website. I wrote it all today, so consider it a first draft. I would like to make it the beginning of a larger series covering my thoughts about the publishing world today. I’ll probably go back and retool it a bit as I add further essays […]

Perhaps I shouldn’t say this about my own writing, but I find my essay “The Burden” to be one of the most moving essays I have written about Grandpa. It is about Grandpa’s view of his own sickness with Alzheimer’s, and his longing. An excerpt: Grandpa is gone, and it is natural to think about […]

I just added the essay “Grandpa’s Guitar” to the website. It was an essay I wrote back in the beginning of 2009. Since then Grandpa has passed on, and I have a new guitar. But that old guitar still sits in the corner of my room, and will always hold a special place in my […]

We’ll see how long I can keep up this string of daily essay additions. Today I added the essay “The Indian Man.” This essay is about the life-size statue of a Native American man that my Grandpa made. An excerpt: Grandpa always had a fascination with frontier American life, in particular with Native Americans. (For […]