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The summer of 1983

June 7, 2026

I turn 56 in three days. I have been trying to write something about what fifty-six years has taught me, and I keep getting stuck on the big arguments — the...

It feels like 1991 again

May 31, 2026

A 14-year-old Black boy named Cyrus Carmack-Belton walked into a Shell convenience store in Columbia, South Carolina on May 28, 2023. He left his backpack at...

Decoration Day/Memorial Day

May 28, 2026

I'm going to be honest: for most of my life, Memorial Day was a long weekend. A sale at the mall. The unofficial start of summer. Somewhere in there, a vague...

A Quiet Sunday Morning

April 26, 2026

I'm awake before the dogs. That sentence still surprises me to write. For thirty years it would have read like a horror story — if I was awake before the...

The year my youngest turned 21

April 24, 2026

An introduction, of sorts. My youngest just turned 21. I am, officially, an empty-nester. Which sounds like a description of where I live, but turns out to...

Welcome to Another Cup Project

April 24, 2026

Hi, Thanks for subscribing. Here's your printable: Download the daily reflection page A single letter-sized page you can print at home and fill in by hand....