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Working for Just Community: Now, Then, Always

Going through an old box yesterday, I came upon a yellowed, frayed 9.5-by-12-inch certificate issued in 1950 to my grandmother, … More

black history month, communication, discrimination, racial discrimination, social justice, social justice work

A Conversation Between My Mother and Me

My mother had 13 years from the time the youngest of her three sons—that would be me—went off to college … More

biography, connection, loneliness, memoir, personal story, story

Love in the Time of Segregation and Discrimination

I came upon a box of a few dozen random—utterly random—photographs yesterday: family photos in NYC from a half-century before … More

blackness, gay marriage, gay men, interracial, LGBTQIA, Love, race

Remembering My Aunt Hattie

Sometime after her sister, my mother, died and before her Alzheimer’s developed to the point she didn’t recognize or know … More

alzheimer's, family, Love

Books Published, People Cherished

I am a judge for the Independent Book Publishers Association’s Benjamin Franklin Awards. Perhaps surprisingly, this work predates my years … More

Benjamin Franklin Awards, IBPA, Independent Book Publishers Association, publishing, work

Sunday with My Son

These weekend wintry early mornings in which at times I’m feeling a little drawn—hardly inclined to roll out of bed, … More

autism, fatherhood, forest, neurodiversity, parenting, pisgah forest, pisgah national forest, waterfall, woods

Backward, Forward, One, Two, Three

One One of the best experiences of my life was four decades ago at summer camp, Camp Killooleet, in Hancock, … More

50, acceptance, autism, autism acceptance, bullying, midlife, neurodiversity

Stretched Presidencies

I define a stretched presidency as lasting a minimum of eight years and including a presidency of the person elected … More

Democratic Opposition, Elections, Parties and the Presidency, Presidency, President, President Trump, Presidential Elections, Presidential tenures, Presidential terms, Presidents, Stretched Presidencies

The Four Chambers: Love, Life, Lust, and Loss, for Autistics Just Like Everyone Else

I’ve been thinking a lot about joy lately, and especially about how the same experience or circumstance or day or … More

ASD, autism, falling in love, friendship, joy, life, loss, Love, lust, romantic love, the four chambers

Come Fly with Me: Angels Cheer

I am 47 years old. I turn 48 late this month. I haven’t been someone who has ever given too … More

aging, birthday, birthdays, Byron Katie, community, family, happiness, happy birthday, Love, middle age, perception, reinvention, relationship, relationships

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