Good Boy: A Journal
March 2026
30 Monday
Cheeks
Hands
Your heart
Your gut
When the big calm comes and you will never be the same.
29 Sunday
Your first piece of pizza in several months
Your first sip of soda in several years
Morning clarity
28 Saturday
Forward: The Hidden History of Blaine by the Blaine Historical Society (2020)
The big dog you saw roaming free on Friday; may she have her fun, not hurt herself or anyone, and then find her way home again
Saturdays
27 Friday
When the cardinal appears at exactly the right time
When you recover from disappointment faster than you expected
Irondale Knights
26 Thursday
Sadness
Frustration
Death (of the emotional variety)
25 Wednesday
The upper-case V of geese who send you on your walk
The squirrel who stands up to greet you up upon your return
When you’re the weird one and you’re OK with that
24 Tuesday
The power of walking it all out
Biofeedback
Overnight oats
23 Monday
Being fired up
Honoring the let down
The robin who got your attention; walked with you; hung with you
22 Sunday
What a lucky guy that on the same night last night you got to watch two of your favorite artists at work — one live, the other thanks to the magic of television:
Master standup Jerry Seinfeld at the Orpheum Theater
Wizard winger Nikita Kucherov tied, who overtook, and then built on his lead over Connor McDavid for the NHL scoring race — all while playing against Connor McDavid in Connor McDavid’s team’s building
21 Saturday
Katy Waldman’s essay on Adam Phillips (“Listen to Yourselves”)
Adam Phillips’s essay on the super-ego (“Against Self-Criticism”)
The conversation you have with yourself
Stability — if you want it
Spring — if you’re ready or not
20 Friday
A day with all the good things:
Vigorous exercise
Reading that moved you
Creative time that changed you
A nap
A conversation with a person of depth
An evening stroll in the glowing gold setting sun
Observing a hawk observe the world
Watching Nikita Kucherov notch another three-point night
19 Thursday
Cold salmon
Fish fries
When you make yourself laugh — hard
18 Wednesday
Running free
Letting go
Sleeping hard
An indigo star that guides you — and watches over you
17 Tuesday
David Remnick’s The New Yorker essay “Listening to Joe Rogan” (February 16 & 23)
March snows
Morning reading time
The beginning of a new relationship with your feminine side
16 Monday
The good that comes from resistance training
The good that comes when you start all over
The good that comes when you reframe pain
15 Sunday
Your detachment
Your attention
Your imagination
Acceptance
14 Saturday
Anniversaries
The number 9
Clean sheets
A new (old) look
Your home
13 Friday
Your memory
Your heart
Your hunger
Your values
People who spend their time taking care of dogs without homes
12 Thursday
Signs of progress
Signs of survival
Almond butter + frozen blueberries
11 Wednesday
Turmeric
Ginger
Cinnamon
10 Tuesday
Opossums
Raccoons
Alligators
9 Monday
The doctor who listens
The doctor who gives you a plan
The doctor within
8 Sunday
Your struggles
Your triumphs
Your dreams — for they are something to believe in
7 Saturday
American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback by Seth Wickersham
Saturday nights
A book you plow through without trying to
6 Friday
Setbacks
Comebacks
Take-backs
Backsides
5 Thursday
Early bedtimes
Your intuition
4 Wednesday
Arborists
Artists
Fog
3 Tuesday
Being a witness to a Nikita Kucherov goal
Being witnessed: the rabbit present when you left and when you returned
Late nights
2 Monday
The sight of a cardinal in the early evening
The sound of your house in early mornings
The feeling when you finish a long, good book
1 Sunday
Small connections
Depth conversations
Sourdough pasta
M. Somerset Maugham