Shane Combs 7/25/22 Shane Combs 7/25/22

Introvert Incubation

A thoughtful essay from new M/U contributor Shane Combs on his struggles with introversion...as well as his ultimate appreciation of its gifts.

Peter Eckhardt 6/7/22 Peter Eckhardt 6/7/22

Expiration Fate

Questions from Peter Eckhardt about endings, death, and grief.

Dan Szczesny 12/2/21 Dan Szczesny 12/2/21

To Johnny

A pilgrimage to a poet becomes a saving grace

Christopher DiLoreto 11/22/21 Christopher DiLoreto 11/22/21

Dispatches: The Battering of November

November sucks, but we will survive - and more adventures lie ahead

Dan Szczesny 11/1/21 Dan Szczesny 11/1/21

This is Only for Bad Ghosts

Transcendental Dad: A little girl, some twigs, and a message from beyond

Dan Szczesny 10/4/21 Dan Szczesny 10/4/21

Becoming

My daughter has a posse and I'm not in it.

Christopher DiLoreto 9/10/21 Christopher DiLoreto 9/10/21

NINE...

Dispatches from the Underground: Reluctant thoughts on a Sacred Anniversary

Dan Szczesny 9/1/21 Dan Szczesny 9/1/21

Flowers for Buddy

The butterfly who couldn't fly

Dan Szczesny 8/3/21 Dan Szczesny 8/3/21

Transcendental Dad: Nimbus

Little Bean and the search for the highest cat in New England

Dan Szczesny 7/1/21 Dan Szczesny 7/1/21

The Protector

Our search for connection leads to a rocky memorial

Dan Szczesny 6/1/21 Dan Szczesny 6/1/21

A Peripheral Creature

Transcendental Dad: Mindfulness, the Broken Cat, and Unconditional Love

Dan Szczesny 5/3/21 Dan Szczesny 5/3/21

Tree of Long Life

In this month's Transcendental Dad column, we make one last visit to the oldest sugar maple

Dan Szczesny 4/1/21 Dan Szczesny 4/1/21

Ballad of the Spine Pig

This month's Transcendental Dad column offers us an Easter parable in the form of a dead porcupine and a painting

Zoë Wroten-Heinzmann 3/1/21 Zoë Wroten-Heinzmann 3/1/21

The Garlic of Canceled Things

Nonsensical victory gardens and white pine angels

Dan Szczesny 2/28/21 Dan Szczesny 2/28/21

Blowin' in the Martian Wind

On capturing a tiny slice of red stardust

Jennifer Tirrell 2/24/21 Jennifer Tirrell 2/24/21

The Reset Button

She got a golden eagle, but all I got was a pigeon.

Tim Palladino 2/18/21 Tim Palladino 2/18/21

Broken Nails

A narrative reflection on the disturbing tragedy that IS the education system

Ross Streitburger 2/15/21 Ross Streitburger 2/15/21

Covid Didn't Take My Dad

Ross Streitburger's stirring tribute to a full - and human - life lived

William Mullen 2/10/21 William Mullen 2/10/21

The Indian in a Toyota, and the Mystery Trucker

A tale of adventure and of the miracles that pop up everywhere on the open road for the pure of heart

Dan Szczesny 2/1/21 Dan Szczesny 2/1/21

Lazy Brain Days

In the latest Transcendental Dad column, sometimes success is measured by letting go