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Family-friendly work
I started reading Of Boys and Men by Richard V. Reeves, and, as a man and a father who recently went part-time so that my wife could go to work full-time, there is a lot here that resonates, especially so the discussion around balancing work and family.
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Tales of boys and their fathers
A repost from Critter.blog, just because I liked it so much: Tales of boys and their fathers are the same in every age, in every place. We love each other, hate each other, miss each other, hold each other back, but we can never live unaffected by each other. We try to be men and…
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Taco night
“Should I draw something about taco night?” This thought went through my head today, and an hour and a half later, I have this to show for it.
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Complicated vs complex
I am still working my way through this Arthur C Brooks podcast. I mostly want to save this here so I can find it later; it’s so good: My dad believed not that what we know is what we should pay attention to, but to marvel at what we can do and still not know…
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ford., Yussef Dayes, and more of my favorite albums from September 2023
“Music doesn’t get in. Music is already in. Music simply uncovers what is there, makes you feel emotions that you didn’t necessarily know you had inside you, and runs around waking them all up. A rebirth of sorts.” Matt Haig, How to Stop Time Here are the albums, new and old, that inspired me this…
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Rain, sun, and storm grilling
Fall just arrived officially last Saturday with the fall equinox, and the very next day was the most quintessential example of a fall day. Here it is in four mini paintings celebrating my favorite time of year.
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Fall equinox
Today is the fall equinox, when we all experience an equal 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night. I’ve been able to feel the shift this week. Even though it’s gonna get dark (and fast) in the northern hemisphere, fall is my favorite time of year.
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Long live Pharoah
There’s really only one thing I’ve been listening to over the past week, and that’s Pharoah Sander’s 1977 album Pharoah, which was just released ahead of the anniversary of his death last year.
Writing and drawings by Nick.
