Archive - I’m Walking Here

On picking up a child from summer camp when summer camp is all over the news

All children are our children.

Jul 9 •

Squid Game doesn't feel like sci fi anymore: Update

Killing people for fun and profit: It's in Trump's GOP 2025 budget bill. Let's do whatever we can to stop it today. Here's a quick action plan.

Jul 3 •

June 2025

Things I love this week: 10 things that spark joy

Things to read, to watch, to buy, to listen, to inspire, to make you laugh, to give you hope.

Jun 26 •

Gen X had the best "we're all gonna die" music. We're still singing it today.

My mental time capsule of the songwriters who captured the collective trauma and angst that defined Gen X in the nuclear age.

Jun 22 •

Parenting in the age of insanity

How can we celebrate ________ while ________ is happening in the world?

Jun 19 •

I asked hundreds of moms what worries them and what gives them hope.

Here are their answers.

Jun 13 •

"See, that's what happens when you up against the ruffians"

We needed Hamilton in 2016. Wow, do we need it now.

Jun 9 •

Here's some advice: Laugh a little. Maybe make some popcorn.

There are a lot of action items on my list, but today, we're going all in on the Great Feud of '25. It's good for you!

Jun 6 •

May 2025

"He was the most rock-n-roll person we'd ever know"

Three people I owe so much to as a writer, and the big change that's coming thanks to them.

May 30 •

7 things I love this week: Things that make me laugh, make me think, or make me wish I had a lot more money

Good vibes only today: A happy little palate-cleanser for subscribers.

May 20 •

I hate that I hate him.

And I hate that he makes me hate him because I hate feeling so much hate.

May 19 •

I am officially a parent of adults. Plural.

The things you think about when your children aren't children anymore.

May 13 •

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