December 1, 2024

It wasn’t the prettiest win, but the defense kept us in the game and they got it done. Fly Eagles Fly! 🦅🏈

New Field Notes Day

Out: Third Man Records x Field Notes
In: XOXO 2024

November 30, 2024

Currently reading: The Humans by Matt Haig 📚

November 24, 2024

What an amazing game. Saquon continues to play incredible ball, 255 rush yards (302 Total) and two TDs. What a game, what a guy! Let’s go Birds! 🦅 🏈

November 21, 2024

Finished reading: Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane 📚

This book was on my list for a long time (can’t remember who recommended it to me). A well written story about the way in which communities can be destroyed by prejudice, hatred, and the failure to see one another as human beings.

November 20, 2024

November 15, 2024

When your son comes home from school and asks if you’ll go play baseball with him, you rush out of the house to make the most of the one hour of sunlight you’ve got.

Beginning the indoctrination of my oldest son tonight…

November 11, 2024

Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss - “Why Trump Won”

Interesting conversation between people from various backgrounds exploring the answer to this question.
If you, like me, have people in your life that voted for Trump, and are genuinely interested in learning more about why, this might help.

November 10, 2024

Well that was a decisive victory. Fly Eagles Fly. 🦅 🏈

November 9, 2024

Finished reading: Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel 📚

Really interesting book, fun read that brought back some memories of the pandemic. Ultimately it was a book about hope that the end of the world as we know it isn’t really the end of the world after all, just the start of a new one.

November 6, 2024

To pray is to practice that posture of radical trust in God’s grace—and to participate in perhaps the most radical movement of all, which is the movement of God’s Love.
Richard Rohr

From: Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation: Prayer, Politics, and God’s Love

Praying today, tomorrow, and probably the day after that as well.

November 5, 2024

Did the thing. 🇺🇸

Cal Newport - After You Vote: Unplug

The Republic will still stand without our constant digital vigilance. But it’s unclear if our mental health can survive the status quo.

Some great advice here.

Kids were off school and I wanted to hide from the Election Day stuff for a bit, so we went to the movies in the middle of the afternoon. Going to the movies in the middle of the afternoon on a weekday always makes me feel like I’m playing hooky or something.

November 4, 2024

A beautiful and timely reminder from a book I read earlier this year…

Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart by Jon M. Sweeney 📚

I really enjoyed this article: Whatever Happens, Love Thy Neighbor

I’m a Democrat living in a red, rural county. Trump supporters have mowed my lawn, walked my dog, and eroded my prejudices with their humanity.

This article gives me a little bit of hope that maybe by seeing and celebrating our common humanity we may find a way beyond polarization and seeing each other as more than who we voted for in the last election.

November 3, 2024

The Philadelphia Eagles have an incredible ability to stress me out to a degree that I have to admit is a bit unreasonable given that I’m watching a game. This is supposed to be entertaining yet I mostly just feel stress. I sometimes wish I didn’t care about sports. Go Birds 🦅 🏈

It wasn’t pretty, lots of points were left on the field, and we damn near lost the game, but because of an incredible interception, we got the win. Let’s go Birds! 🦅 🏈