On Saturday we ventured into downtown Charlotte for my daughter’s 10th birthday party. Rather than do a traditional party, we opted to take a group of her friends into town to hit some fountains, museums and trains. This city has…
There is a center. It’s where most of us live. Sometimes we call it the mainstream. In the center we all agree to certain core values, and for the most part, we’re all quite comfortable there. When someone strays from…
Dear All New People on Twitter, First of all, I can’t believe people are still new here. But that’s only because I’ve been at this for a couple of years. And if you think that sounds like a long time…
Ten years ago was a top five day in my life. It was a beautiful late afternoon on a warm day in winter. My very pregnant wife and I were sitting outside under a tulip magnolia that had bloomed that…
Our oldest daughter, Agatha Rose, turns 10 tomorrow. If there’s one thing about having children that no one prepared me for, it’s how they are sobering markers of time passing. Ten years in the blink of an eye. I truly…
Today I took my three dogs to the park, like I always do. It’s a fully enclosed park with a train track on one side, and creeks on two others. The only homes are the ones along the dead end…
Writer. Father to daughters. Husband. Ad man. Raised by wolves. 
