Category Archives: Dad’s Column
Raising a Daughter
Spring 2008 Issue This happened in Colorado more than half a century ago- more, certainly, than half my lifetime ago- and, just as certainly, he has been sleeping for decades in the leaves beside the stream, his crumble of white bones, his curl of flesh comfortable even so Owls and Other Fantasies, “The Dipper,” Mary (…) MORE »
My Second Year of Firsts
Summer 2008 Issue They say that practice makes perfect. What they don’t tell you is that there is no practice in parenthood. It’s showtime from day one. Sure, you get better each time you change a diaper on a kid in a public place. You get better at spelling words out loud to your spouse (…) MORE »
