Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Sleepless Saga Continues

My latest Fathering from the Hip column tells of the epic struggle to regain control of our nights after Mr. F turned nocturnal. And man, was it nutty. The thing is, the story’s not over. F’s become terrified of being left alone in his crib during the day. It’s funny — he wants to be [...]

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What This Teaches Us about That

A few years ago I realized that my writing, teaching, and practice of yoga shared certain underlying tenets. In each, action requires confidence and intention. A surety of presence is required to achieve grace, whether that presence manifests across the page, in the classroom, or on a yoga mat. Strength calls for flexibility. A sense [...]

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One from the Vaults

I have a piece up on The Good Men Project that I’m especially proud of. The Score: Life Lessons from a Strip Club is one of the first things I wrote that made me feel like maybe I could in fact write well. It came out of an assignment for the excellent Writing New York [...]

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What A SAHD Is Made Of, Just Posted and Already Revisited

My latest Fathering from the Hip column, What a Stay-at-Home Dad Is Made Of, went up this past Monday. In it, I muse on how a stay-at-home parent needs to hold “the belief that the emotional gains outweigh the financial, professional, and intellectual ones, that the love and selflessness of good parenting makes one feel [...]

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