The best way out is always through. Robert Frost A Bay Area friend’s daughter posted this on FB yesterday: I was going to post all the...

Inside the Mind of Picasso, acrylic, oil crayon and resin on wood, 24″x24″, 2003 There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow...

When was the last time you notably influenced the course of someone’s life (not including your children)? Even better, when was the last...

This is My Mom!! My mother was a 1950’s beauty queen. I have a photo to prove it. She kneels atop a real live tortoise. Beneath a palm....

Rocks, acrylic on cardboard, 2000 My dear friend, Joel (not his real name) is sober 41 days. There is a purity in his voice, a direct...

“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.” Bern Williams Share this: Tweet Share on Tumblr Email #parenting...

Stuart Sheldon, We Can’t Be Too Bold, acrylic and typing on Chinese funeral paper on panel, 12″x12″, 2003 “Are u happy, Daddy?” my...

No matter who wins on Tuesday, I’d like to invite you to join me for beers to celebrate the end of this long political season. At the end...

Twitter exchange with one of my favorite authors last week: Me: Last Halloween my 3yo boy rocked Cinderella. This yr its Batman. I kinda...

By the time I hit 40 I was utterly over myself. Tired of the sound of my own voice. Bored stiff by my too-often-told lame jokes. I...

Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone. G.B. Stern. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving...

Until my later 30s the chair that I am had one very wobbly leg. I was off balance in the deepest part where intimate connection takes...

My extremely talented actor/singer/composer friend, Steve Gladstone, was sighted when we attended summer camp back in the 70s. Now he is...

Burning Man is happening right now! A journey I have personally treasured on 7 delicious occasions. I could not be there this time,...

It is tragic, because I love to sing … especially with others. Singing liberates and equalizes. It takes us out of our...

Today is my birthday. But the more auspicious event was yesterday – my 7th anniversary. For a guy who didn’t get the marriage thing right...

Gore Vidal died this week. Google him and 35,400 results appear. Because he was the greatest essayist of his age. Yet, he failed at...

The purest thought you’ll hear all day from my friend’s 5 yr old daughter, Sula. “Sweet Sula – during our nighttime snuggle, she asked if...

My kids are 4 and 2. All I want, like any parent, is their happiness … and success. But I’ll take happiness over success every time. Some...

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother . Author unknown Let me be clear. Being a father is by...