practice: morning silence

when i was a better selves fellow at knoll farm in 2017, one of the practices we engaged in was a morning silence practice. my friend and mentor, peter forbes, was the offerer of the fellowship and this practice and it has been transformative. full stop. i could say so much about how it impacted me during that fateful week almost ten years ago, how i have used it in my life since, how and where i have shared the insights from it in other places, and on and on.

happy "no new things" day 2026!

preface: if you’re curious in the evolution of this experiment/thought/practice, here are the previous posts about it: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.

uncle gathering #1: insights

so i’m just home from spending a fun lil night out at the inaugural fall gathering of uncles! a fun detail: it was a party of one! i was gonna go to the saloon but it was a beautiful evening so i got a cocktail at cambridge common and sat outside.

book review: love in a f*cked up world by dean spade

a few thoughts on addiction: alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, texting

since december, i’ve been thinking a lot about addiction. a few reasons: