Telluride Bluegrass Festival. The 50th installment (sort of) was a little disappointing, with freezing rain most of the two days that I attended. The Nickel Creek set was a blast, though! Parenting with friends. One week, three couples, four children. It's amazing how more parents around can make parenting both easier and yet more stressful … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (6/19/23)
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On who Father’s Day is for
That Father’s Day is more like National Donut Day and less like Thanksgiving is a given; all holidays are made-up, but some are more made-up than others. Since becoming a father, Father’s Day has felt like an oddity. Firstly, my children are too young to understand (and, therefore, to care) about the nominal meaning of … Continue reading On who Father’s Day is for
On 7 things from last week (6/12/23)
Filing documents. A parental leave project of mine was to finally get all of our “household documents” in order. Car titles, cat vaccination info, tax documents… It was infernally boring but oh-so-relieving to have gotten done. Family road trip. We completed our first long family drive last week. A childless couple would have taken 6.5 … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (6/12/23)
On 7 things from last week (5/29/23)
Family hike. We managed 0.8 miles—and our toddler walked almost 3/4 of the full distance! We wrote it down as a success and went to get rooftop margaritas to celebrate. Walks in the park. I’m enjoying long, unhurried walks in the park the past week with my four-month-old. Lots of tree and plant identification going … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (5/29/23)
On 7 things from last week (5/22/23)
Paternity leave. I’m looking, as of last Friday, at 10 weeks of no work and lots of hanging out with a 4-month old! Marketing Excellence Awards. I’m humbled, to say the least, to have received the Marketer of the Year award from SMPS Colorado last week. Leaves. It always takes longer in Colorado—but the leaves … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (5/22/23)
On worrying that work means too much to me
As I write this, I’m embarking on 10 weeks of paternity leave. The thought of 10 workless weeks in a row is both thrilling and worrying—thrilling because who doesn’t want a break from the grind and worrying because work has slinkily become a sizable chunk of my identity these past few years. That last bit … Continue reading On worrying that work means too much to me
On miller moths and toddlers
The other morning my toddler and I were washing our hands in the bathroom when a small something flitted out from behind the mirror. "Bug! Bug! Bug!" he cried, and nearly fell off the stepstool. Wary of inciting any nascent phobia insects—a phobia I'm half-sure lies dormant within most of us, entomologists excepted—I stilled him … Continue reading On miller moths and toddlers
On 7 things from last week (5/8/23)
Beach vacations. My cousin's wedding down in Sarasota (Anna Maria Island, to be specific) gave us an excuse to take the whole family on a beach vacation. Having grown up on the East Coast and spent nearly every summer weekend of my childhood on the beach, the idea of a beach vacation always seemed silly … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (5/8/23)
On the joy of talking to parents about parenting
How did no one tell us about this? This was the mantra for the first year of life as a parent. There's the hard stuff they don't tell you—the sleepless nights, the visits to urgent care, the devious and various behavioral "regressions." And there's the good stuff, too—the toothless smiles, the first words, the innocent … Continue reading On the joy of talking to parents about parenting
On good noticing and doing more than getting through the day
It's been a rough back half of the week for my household. Our toddler has been sick and fussy, toggling between weepy desperation at his illness and sloppy mania when he's felt just marginally better. (Falling down several stairs being one side effect of such sloppiness.) Time has narrowed to a tunnel, and these long … Continue reading On good noticing and doing more than getting through the day
Taylor Coe 