Good Boy: A Journal

Good Boy: A Journal


December 28, 2025

  • Clear sidewalks
  • Clothes Dryers
  • Ribeyes

December 27, 2025

  • The internal tussle
  • Signs of healing
  • Oatmeal with a little bit of chocolate

December 26, 2025

  • Next-day awareness
  • The number 26
  • Naps

December 25, 2025

  • Christmas pies
  • Walking in a mall after all the stores have closed
  • John McClane

December 24, 2025

  • Long walks in the winter
  • The chance do to what you don't want to be need to do
  • Yogurt + frozen blueberries + granola = good
  • When you know you are good at communication

December 23, 2025

  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Being excited about Christmas again
  • When you know you've had just enough

December 22, 2025

  • Saying "no" to Advil
  • Saying what you must even if it's not what you wish were true
  • Cacao

December 21, 2025

  • Something to work at
  • Something to root for
  • Grocery delivery

December 20, 2025

  • Recreation centers
  • Treadmills
  • A new starter

December 19, 2025

  • Signs of progress
  • Signs of life
  • A stellar sports weekend on the horizon

December 16, 2025

  • Seeing melting ice
  • Walking through the neighborhood for the first time in weeks
  • Extra sleep

December 15, 2025

  • My cardinal friend
  • Leftover tacos
  • Hand lotion

December 14, 2025

  • Sunday mornings
  • Football Sundays
  • Time to read

December 13, 2025

  • Indoor walks in winter
  • Regular breaks
  • The moment when swelling has been expelled from the body

December 12, 2025

  • A meeting-free day
  • Honest conversations
  • Your furnace

December 11, 2025

  • Driving for the first time in more than two weeks
  • Taking the time you need in the middle of the day
  • Nikita Kucherov

December 10, 2025

  • Good news
  • Methodist Hospital
  • Walking indoors

December 9, 2025

  • Thick boots
  • What dreams can teach you
  • Steak

December 8, 2025

  • A good game
  • A nap when you really need one
  • Chuck Klosterman

December 7, 2025

  • The healing power of walking
  • The healing power of touch
  • Your eyes

December 6, 2025

  • Four and a half hours of solid sleep
  • Kind neighbors
  • The sun

December 5, 2025

  • The moment you turn the corner from illness
  • Grocery delivery
  • Pablo Torre

December 4, 2025

  • When you feel swelling leave your body
  • When you wake up early
  • Cold salmon
  • Paul Newman movies

December 3, 2025

  • Winter. Dusk. Clear sky. Full moon.
  • The hawk you see soar over your head and land in your maple tree
  • The sound when snow meets boot

December 2, 2025

  • Signs of healing.
  • Squirrels that offer you signs of comfort.
  • Honesty: given and received.

November 27, 2025

  • Ice packs
  • Indoor walks
  • Mundane time with Dad

November 26, 2025

  • A cool nurse
  • An anesthesiologist you remember meeting
  • The heightened consciousness surgery uniquely arouses

November 6, 2025

  • Asking for help
  • When the answer comes without hesitation
  • The cardinal waiting for you when you come home

November 5, 2025

  • Human support
  • House supports
  • Synchronicities

November 4, 2025

  • Democracy
  • Polling places
  • The "block contact" option on iPhones

November 3, 2025

  • The arrival of an answer
  • The power of a good walk
  • Leaf blowers

November 2, 2025

  • A kind healer
  • Reading in the middle of the night
  • An extra hour after extra innings

November 1, 2025

  • 11/01: A good day to be born
  • Time to do whatever you want
  • Aggie, a bulldog who stops to say hello and then stares at you as though nothing else in the world matters.

October 31, 2025

  • Restaurant conversation
  • Door-to-door trick-or-treaters
  • A suddenly settled-down root chakra

October 30, 2025

  • The guest that stays
  • The guest you don't want to leave
  • The day before a holiday

October 29, 2025

  • Unexpected visitors
  • The right words at the right time
  • Neck stretches

October 26, 2025

  • The time you got
  • The relationship you still have
  • The love you didn't expect

October 25, 2025

  • Warm showers
  • Hot water
  • Extra time in bed

October 24, 2025

  • Seeing a fox run
  • The moment when you know the worst has passed
  • A new car battery before winter

October 23, 2025

  • Good work
  • The good that comes when you take care of yourself
  • What writing about something does to that something

October 21, 2025

  • Walks in the wind
  • Happy dogs everywhere
  • New comfy pants

October 20, 2025

  • Getting over a hump
  • Working when no one else is
  • Small meals

October 19, 2025

  • A new bar
  • Only you know — and that's enough
  • Steak sandwiches

October 18, 2025

  • Your leaf blower
  • The trees that drop those leaves
  • Time to work

October 17, 2025

  • Friday night hockey
  • Catnaps
  • Sleeping dogs

October 16, 2025

  • A certain grasshopper
  • Signs of progress
  • What you get when you add a banana + yogurt + granola

October 15, 2025

  • Clean teeth
  • Crockpot spaghetti
  • The numinous

October 14, 2025

  • Fleece pants
  • Chocolate granola
  • Flow

October 13, 2025

  • The sound of rain on the roof
  • Good sleep
  • Your gut

October 12, 2025

  • The squirrels in the woods beyond the garden on the path to the school
  • The Sunday newspaper
  • Raindrops

October 11, 2025

  • An evening walk
  • A fresh notebook
  • Inspiration