The first chapter of Life Cartography, the Book, is “Don’t follow your dreams.” Here is…
Month: December 2014

An open letter to dads of terminally ill children
Dear Dad Welcome to the club. In your worst nightmare, this club isn’t a club…
Life is more like Kindle than hardcopy. Everyone needs an editor, part 2.
To begin 2014, I wrote about 40 life lessons I had learned. Day 20 was…
No, Facebook, that is not my year.
If you are on Facebook, you’ve seen them pushing their “year in review.” Mine had…
Joseph was not a total idiot, and other Christmas myths debunked
There is something wrong with the traditional Christmas narrative. Joseph is too much of an…
5 things I’ve learned writing an e-book.
Today, almost a year after starting this writing project, the book “Life Cartography” launched on…
26 Life Memories that made me who I am
Here they are. In no particular order, of importance or impact. 26 Life memories. It’s…
Jesus and the Naughty List
My 4 year old was worried about the naughty list. Her, shall we say, “impulse…

Never trust a white man with blue eyes, a FORD, or a skinny cook.
In college, I had a friend come to me and apologize because he thought I…
The only person you can change is you… another pop psychology lie
The only person you can change is you.. If I’ve heard that once, I’ve heard…