Fear at your doorstep
Recently, in one of her email updates, Erika Napoletano asked the question “What scares you?” and solicited responses from her readers. I’m not usually one to respond to these types […]
Dads vs moms – the double standard continues
My daughter Annie is a lacrosse player, and typically plays in a summer travel league, meaning that during the summer there are a number of weekend tournaments to which we […]
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What is patriotism?
Happy 4th of July, the day we celebrate our independence. It’s a day filled with patriotic fervor, colored red, white, and blue. Many of us will be celebrating with cookouts […]
A daughter who plays sports will make you a feminist
My daughter Annie has been playing lacrosse now since she was about seven, so five or six years now. When she was younger, the difference in how the boys’ teams […]
13 questions newbie motorcyclists ask
If there were a subtitle to this post, it might be “…and then proceed to ignore the answers.” I’ve been riding motorcycles for a long time and have logged lots […]
Helpless
I had shut off my email. I hadn’t looked at social media yesterday morning, since I was in the final day of a great weekend dirt biking with my daughter. […]
The body image double standard
I work like a dog in the gym (and the kitchen) to maintain some semblance of a decent body. I’ve been told recently I have body image issues, since I […]
We’re not worthy
I’m struggling right now with ideas worthy of a whole blog post, but I’m determined to write something at least weekly. I’ve got lots of ideas, but a lot of […]
The purity test
When I was in college, there was this thing called The Purity Test, supposedly was developed by some students at Harvard. The general idea was to test how many things […]
I only write when…
I really struggled with a topic for this week’s blog post. I keep telling myself I should write more about marketing, but I’m so immersed in actually doing it that […]