As someone who’s typically not a huge fan of listening to podcasts, I listened to Andrew Huberman’s interview with psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy in the middle of March and found myself glued to what I heard. Kennedy’s advice about raising kids stood out to me because instead of talking about timeouts or rewards and gold stickers, she talked about, what sounded to me at least, just kind of being real with your kid. As I see my parenting style grow and develop, something stuck with me about her basic, guiding principle, and the name of her book I subsequently picked up: Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be.
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Dan gets married, I give a speech
I went to a wedding over the weekend for my friend Dan and his now-wife, Leanne. Additionally, I was also the best man. I’ve been fortunate enough now to give a best man speech twice in my life, but I don’t have the first one written down anymore, and there’s no video of it. So this time, I’m at least creating a transcript of what I said.
Continue reading “Dan gets married, I give a speech”Interview: Elizabeth Acevedo for Grum Project Visiting Artist Series
A major perk of my day job is that I get to interview talented artists and musicians when they come to campus for the Grum Project. Funded by a generous-yet-unnamed benefactor, the Grum Project allows Williston to bring in artists for mini-residencies or speaking events that otherwise would be out of our (financial) reach. The latest visit was from author/poet Elizabeth Acevedo, and I had a wonderful time chatting with her. Below is my story that appears here, plus two straight Q&A bits that I didn’t get to use in the story, but thought were cool anyway. Enjoy!
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A Whately Devil 