Where to find my writing and music

It’s been more than a year since I’ve posted news to the website, so this is a short update to let you know where you can find me on a more-regular basis.

The Fatherhood Is Learning newsletter

My Fatherhood Is Learning newsletter has been publishing for more than one year now, and it’s grown into a great outlet for my reflections on fatherhood, learning, masculinity, mental health, and more.

I publish the newsletter often, so subscribe to keep up with it!

New music releases on Bandcamp

As of this writing, since December 2020, I’ve released 6 new collections of music on my Bandcamp site, including both new music and archival reissues.

I’m working and releasing steadily, so follow me via the button below to keep your finger on the pulse!

See you out there!

Fatherhood Is Learning: Book and Newsletter LAUNCH!

I’m delighted to announce the publication of my new memoir-in-essays Fatherhood Is Learning, and the launch of my Fatherhood Is Learning newsletter!

The book

Fatherhood Is Learning shares how I’m becoming the man my kids need me to be through reflection, mindfulness, and friendship, and how loyalty to this cause has transformed my understanding of love and myself. It’s for any man who cares about healthy masculinity, yearns to be the responsive dad his kids deserve, and seeks connection—and for the people who love these men.

The book is available in paperback (from Amazon) and from all the usual e-book retailers (e.g., Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.) If you want to be able to hold a copy in your hand, whether paper or on a tablet/reader, and/or if you want to support my work by buying a copy, these are the formats for you. The text is also available as a free-to-read suite of serialized posts at my new Fatherhood Is Learning newsletter at Substack.

The newsletter

I’ve also launched my new Fatherhood Is Learning newsletter at Substack! Click through to subscribe and explore!

It’s a place for learning together about what it takes to cultivate a mindful, connected, and just practice of parenthood and masculinity, for ourselves and the people we love. May we devote ourselves to all that wholehearted engagement with our loved ones—and especially with our children—can teach us. We’re in this together.

In addition to hosting the online version of my memoir, the newsletter is where I’ll post blogs and short essays, reflection prompts, songs, videos, and some curated reflections on interesting books, studies, music, organizations, and the like. Down the road, I hope to interview other dads and masculine-of-center parents about how parenthood has changed their understanding of themselves.

Throughout, I’ll tackle topics like:

  • Reflection, mindfulness, and moving from automatic reaction to curious response.
  • Navigating raw feeling in the moment and understanding mistakes and conditioned reactions, so we can live out our higher values more effectively.
  • Vulnerability as an act of loyalty toward our kids.
  • Mental health and healthy masculinity.
  • Friendship.

In essence, I’m building the kind of reflective resource that I would have loved to grab hold of when I became a dad myself. With time, I hope the newsletter site will become a true learning community—and I hope you’ll join me for the journey.

Out Now: This, Too EP

My new EP, This, Too, is released!

This, Too plumbs the joys and vulnerabilities of interpersonal connection and commitment through a fusion of art-rock and pop, neo-classical, field recordings, and found sounds.

Across three vocal-driven songs and four instrumental miniatures, This, Too digs into the difficult but essential work each of us does to accept ourselves and cherish those we love.

This, Too is released digitally by my own Meristem Music via Bandcamp and all major streaming and digital music retailers.