Sitemap - 2023 - An Ordinary Disaster
“We all need our own philosophy”
Acquiring the skills of growth
Inspiration from Fall 2023—and a reader survey!
Let’s kill 'content,' and reclaim "growth", OK?
Salvational or "a series of compulsions"?
Staying sane with research notes, citations, end notes, and a real bibliography
Fatherhood Series Essay: Nature and Character
Six Men Writing about Fatherhood
How "love" often leaves out the truth
Inspiration & entertainment from Summer 2023
Highlights from two dozen Brothers and Teachers
How Well Is Your Wheel Rolling?
We'd all do well to "grow a spiritual pair"
The Thing That Refuses To Be Named
What To Do When You Don't Know What To Do
It's Not Really a "Struggle" to Find Good Male Role Models
The creative act is a form of dreaming
The Dream I've Dreamed a Thousand Times
Beauty, inspiration and entertainment from Spring 2023
Tools for Writers: Moving from Logseq to Obsidian
"Decide Nothing" is now An Ordinary Disaster
How to eat the question when someone asks "What's next?"—or anything else, for that matter.
Learning how to do good magic in Chile
I'm here to be myself as much as possible—and the absolute truth can only be...nothing.
Dreaming up something new in New Orleans
E20 / Pilates for Men with Sean Vigue
The amateur athlete’s speedball
"Writing yourself into existence" with Lyle McKeany
Chapter 17 — Learning that I didn't have to do it all myself
Chapter 16 — A vision of hell, and a warning
Chapter 15 — Saved by a climbing gym, two real friends, kitesurfing, and a half-naked haircut.
Chapter 14 — A desperate move, a mistake, and a wreck that made everything worse.
Think of the 🤍 like button as "I read the whole thing"—or just "I'm happy to be here."
Chapter 13 — Buying a house in front of a diesel bus stop and...making a run for it.
Sex is Better Sober ...and 23 other reasons why Alcohol is Obsolete
I never thought I'd be writing the words: "My Morning Routine" — and, Everything Cookies
E19 / Meditation and Intuition with Scott Britton
Chapter 11 — Lycos the wolf spider, and meeting Jane in Boston
Chapter 10 — North Beach in the 90's, Yesterday Boy, and AOL chat.
Eighteen essays about addiction, masculinity, creativity, and intuition
Chapter 9 — Following my intuition to Italy, followed by a descent into confusion.
E18 / Unhooked and Connected with Dr. Adi Jaffe
Chapter 8 — A guerrilla mission to scale San Francisco's most iconic landmark
Chapter 7 — Early intuition about wanting to be a writer, my sister, and drugs in the house.
Guided Meditation: Breathing Colorful Attention
E17 / Addiction and Obsession with Charlie Engle
Anxious Masculinity—How Things Fall Apart
Chapter 6 — Climbing in Yosemite, Quest For Fire, and Penthouse magazine
The Keys to Building Real Community
E16 / Sky Racing and Self Expression with Galen Kirkpatrick
How physical fitness supports my creativity and my work as a writer
Chapter 5 — How I Stopped Trusting My Father
E15 / Behind the Mask with Ashanti Branch
Chapter 4 — LSD + Rocky Horror = ?
Chapter 3 — Starting a business at the age of nine to sell D&D books
E14 / Wayfinding with Kim Stanley Robinson
Digging into six months of BROTHERS AND TEACHERS
How I confused "discipline" with getting told what to do, and learned to love self-discipline
Chapter 2 — A Frisco kid growing up in Maine—and, how to sharpen a chainsaw