today, i want to be in guana state park. traversing the winding trails through the ancient forest where rattlesnakes sleep under palmetto fronds, and low spots are tar baths for boar. above me, banana spiders menacingly hang between the pines and oaks…
An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life: “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. “One is evil – he is anger, envy…
“Monet is only an eye. Yet what an eye.” – Cezanne My youngest daughter swam in a meet over the weekend. We parked our chairs at the side of the pool where the swimmers pull themselves out of the water and walk…
“Dad, can we have a Halloween party?” Sure. But you have to plan it. “How?” Start from the beginning. First, pick a date. Then consider the guest list and budget. “A budget?” Yes, it’s the thing that helps pay for…
Pat Morita lives in my head. I visit him every day. After I get up and have coffee and brush my teeth. After I take the kids to school. And after another cup of coffee, I don my brown jacket…
I recently sat down for coffee with an old friend from the advertising business. “So I looked at your website, and I’m just not sure what you do, Jim,” she said. I gave her a quizzical gaze that, if it…
Writer. Father to daughters. Husband. Ad man. Raised by wolves. 
