I’m so tired of questionable business practices being passed off as corporate benevolence that I’m going to rant a little. Despite my local perspective, I’ll bet this is a universal issue – so try and stick with it to the…
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. – Picasso As the end of the school year approaches, I’m grateful that our daughters have managed to learn enough in 2nd and…
she floated up the brick steps to me. ‘daddy!’ she called, smiling – the afternoon air thick with sweet magnolia. i knelt down and received her with a smacking of lips. ‘how was your day?’ i asked. ‘awesome,’…
They come in on cat’s paws called Benson & Hedges Lights 100s. Because they’re girl cigarettes, they’re not real. Your best friend stole some from his sister. His older, hot sister. And you light up because there’s nothing else to…
I live in NC, but grew up in the Deep South. I know what you’re thinking, that NC is the Deep South – but it’s not. I was born in Northeast Florida and lived there until I was 13, when…
Coffee. Children. Dogs. Cleaning a desk and preparing to write. Too much preparing. A bite to eat, and then sitting down. The phone rings, naturally, and I take it outside. It’s clearer out there. I pace the perimeter of the…
Writer. Father to daughters. Husband. Ad man. Raised by wolves. 
