A guide to some of the things I’ve published on Medium and elsewhere. — Conversations with My Wife Conversations with My Wife (collection) The collected conversations, in case you liked some and want to read more.medium.com Lessons & Observations I Like Being Married One weird guy’s experience being married to his best friend(s)byrslf.co Start With a Partnership Romance is good, friendship is good, but a romantic relationship has got to be a working partnershipmedium.com

You light up my life! — Dennett’s partner in crime (and life), Captain Argentina, likes to dance. Dennett has documented this (with photos!) so I have no reason to doubt it. …

While you were far and away — Last night in our bed I felt you stir beside me— not heavily, more like when you stretch a leg or your hip is bothering you— and it made me feel safe and loved to know that you were within arm’s reach and I could touch you or hold you or kiss you if I needed to……

Three stories of danger and suspense from my past, two of which actually happened — Ann Litts tagged me for a writing challenge: Sweet Little Lies How well do you really know me??annlitts.medium.com Write three tales (major, minor, trivial, whatever) of my life. Two would be the truth and nothing but the truth. One would be a complete fabrication. (Mary McGrath kicked this off, btw.) So without further ado, three catastrophic incidents from my life…

I have become aware, of late, that the road before has rather less distance than the road behind… — I have been reading pieces by people talking of dreams they had in their youth, and how their dreams have changed, or were lost, or fallen away. I have been reading of people who felt visible, once, in youth, but now feel old and ignored. I’m not sure as I’ve…

For the biggest city in Alaska, Anchorage has a lovely small-town feel — Previously, on Deb & Jack’s Alaska adventure: Chat with Deb—Is that Mount Denali? (Again?) Okay, universe, once was delightful, three times was a little overboard, but seriously, the joke is getting oldjherlocker.medium.com We woke up in our hotel in Anchorage. DEB: Our last day in Alaska, honey! And I know where we’re going for breakfast!

Okay, universe, once was delightful, three times was a little overboard, but seriously, the joke is getting old — Previously, on Deb & Jack’s Alaska Adventure: Chat with Deb—Alaska Through the Mist Many tourists never see Mount Denali. And then some have trouble making out the trees a couple hundred yards away.jherlocker.medium.com Somewhere around 1:30AM I wake up (persons in their 60s or older can fill in the reason why) and, before I get back into bed, peer out the blackout curtains to see what a real Alaska night looks like.

Many tourists never see Mount Denali. And then some have trouble making out the trees a couple hundred yards away. — Previously, on Deb & Jack’s Alaska Adventure: Chat with Deb—Off to Denali! Life would be so much easier if we could actually hear the ominous background musicjherlocker.medium.com Since we’re on vacation, we stayed in bed until hours after sunrise… which, that far north, was about 3AM (the hotel room curtains were VERY good at keeping the light out—although I would be shocked if ANY curtains in Alaska were not outstanding…

Life would be so much easier if we could actually hear the ominous background music — Previously, on Deb & Jack’s Alaska Adventure: Chat with Deb—College Fjord Not every day on a cruise is meant to be exciting; we’re good with that!jherlocker.medium.com This is the day we debarked from Nieuw Amsterdam and took a bus up to Denali National Park. All of our stuff that we did not need for the park had already been picked up; we’d see it in Anchorage, the night before…