Archive - Have a Good Day

Just keep swimming

Dive into summer with the recently republished "Swimming Studies."

May 23 •

Good stuff for the month of May

Don't hate me but I wrote a gift guide.

May 7 •

April 2025

Phish: Can you still have fun?

Plus, Mondays are for lovers.

Apr 29 •

The Getty on a cloudy day

Settling into an in-between season before it's gone

Apr 4 •

January 2025

Metabolize your fear

Jan 26 •

Where we are safe, but the grief is staggering.

Jan 21 •

November 2024

Take this '80s bestseller home for the holidays

The Shell Seekers is a 500-page breath of brisk British air—and relevant! Plus a soup recipe.

Nov 22, 2024 •

October 2024

Lowering the bar: an addendum

One quick thing, for democracy.

Oct 31, 2024 •

Lowering the bar

Just enough so you can get over it.

Oct 29, 2024 •

August 2024

Have a popsicle

And other ways to fight Covid ennui.

Aug 5, 2024 •

June 2024

Baby time slippage and a book recommendation

Yes, it's the Miranda July book.

Jun 15, 2024 •

June 2023

With an extremely round midsection.

Jun 23, 2023 •

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