Blog

I’m 65 and I was abandoned by one parent and controlled by the other and the result is a man who can’t trust people who stay and can’t stop searching for people who leave — and that contradiction has been running my relationships for 50 years like two drivers fighting over the same steering wheel, and the car has never crashed but it’s never gone anywhere either

My father worked double shifts at the factory and came home too tired to be present, and after a while he stopped coming home much

Read More »

Research suggests the everyday habit of washing the dishes immediately after eating is one of the most reliable behavioral markers of conscientiousness — the same trait associated with longer marriages, better health outcomes, and the kind of quiet reliability that other people notice about a person long before they can explain what they’re noticing

Here’s something I noticed the other day that got me thinking. My wife and I had just finished dinner, one of those simple weeknight meals

Read More »

I’m 65 and I was abandoned by one parent and controlled by the other and the result is a man who can’t trust people who stay and can’t stop searching for people who leave — and that contradiction has been running my relationships for 50 years like two drivers fighting over the same steering wheel, and the car has never crashed but it’s never gone anywhere either

My father worked double shifts at the factory and came home too tired to be present, and after a while he stopped coming home much

Read More »

Research suggests the everyday habit of washing the dishes immediately after eating is one of the most reliable behavioral markers of conscientiousness — the same trait associated with longer marriages, better health outcomes, and the kind of quiet reliability that other people notice about a person long before they can explain what they’re noticing

Here’s something I noticed the other day that got me thinking. My wife and I had just finished dinner, one of those simple weeknight meals

Read More »