Rusty Ring

(Emblem and patron of my father 's people, as any who know us will understand, this well-armed weed flowers in surpassing beauty on th...

So here we are on another Bodhisattva Day . The statement has subtly become more emphatic in the current environment; even a touch confro...

Today is День защитника Отечества (Defender of the Fatherland Day) in Russia. The date always leads me to a bit of a "on the one han...

"About the worst kind of person I can imagine is a man who's mean to his dog." My dad. (Photo courtesy of F...

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got came from my dad. I was in high school, and on the horns of some dilemma. For some reason,...

The Way is a movie you've seen a dozen times: angry/critical/selfish/ disapproving/distant father comes to regret his bullheaded in...

I was about nine when my dad took me to visit a friend who was building a large wooden steamboat. It was all framed in, and really impress...

Dick Gaughan is like the voice of his entire people. Not merely its inflection; also its spirit, its passion, and its vision. As Scots deb...

The advent of Father's Day puts me in mind of Sherman Alexie's riff on Forgiving Our Fathers , a poem by Dick Lourie. This is somet...