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'Effortless Is a Myth'
Random thoughts, while waiting for someone to yell “goooooooooooooal”:
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Chris Erskine
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The Great American Scrapbook
Americans are loud. We’re big. We punch back, too hard sometimes. But we’re still one hell of a country. Here’s to the greatest love story ever told.
Jul 8
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Chris Erskine
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To Puddles, From Papa
We settled into you mom’s chair, the one she rocked you in when you were born, all 7 pounds, 7 ounces of major American manhood. And we read your baby…
Jul 4
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Chris Erskine
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Sweet Rides of Summer
To be a kid on a bike is to lean into childhood, wild and free. And you don’t get that from a video game.
Jul 1
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Chris Erskine
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June 2026
Caps, Gowns and College Towns
Between ceremonies, the grads wander this incredible campus like street gangs of kittens. They also sense that all this is too good to be true.
Jun 27
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Chris Erskine
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The Buddy System
I have friends who are rich, I have friends who are stone broke. One runs a major space agency. Another writes folk songs.
Jun 24
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Chris Erskine
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Progression of the American Dad
We have a different brand of father now. Doesn’t every generation deliver a new kind of dad?
Jun 20
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Chris Erskine
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Duck Buddies
Ducks live in the moment, here on God’s wet green gob. Like we all should — at least a little more than we probably do.
Jun 17
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Chris Erskine
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Laugh Lines
Old eyes are scrap books. Old eyes grace our world. Yet, young eyes are irresistible. Oh, the things these young eyes will see...
Jun 13
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Chris Erskine
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A New Car
Bought a new Ford the other day, having given Rhonda the Honda to my son Smartacus after a good 10 years.
Jun 10
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Chris Erskine
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It's Been 8 Years...
A note to my late wife, on all that she's missed. Her memory hovers over this house like some sunny high-pressure system.
Jun 6
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Chris Erskine
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His First Job
Banter is the blues music of the Irish. And at a fetching little minor-league stadium, on the warm eastern lip of Los Angeles, Smartacus is making his…
Jun 3
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Chris Erskine
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