Terry and Jennifer Winkleman 

We are a humble married couple who love God. We have been married for 20+ years. We are trying to maneuver and navigate mid-life in all positive ways. Good Things! God Bless!
Dad Memes By Popular Demand: Ram Will Stop Headbutting Things

Forgive me for returning to Notes after Substack kindly disconnected it from my newsletter at my request, but please read my new piece for New York about involuntary commitment

On today’s Front Page from The Free Press team:

Freddie deBoer: Harris campaign “step away from the memes” 

Abigail Shrier: Republicans stop calling Kamala a “DEI hire”

Francesca Block: The hospital heeding our whistleblower’s warning

How Harris Can Beat Trump—and How Trump Can Beat Harris

“The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.”

― Martin Buber

12 writing myths we need to destroy:

  1. You need a niche

  2. Virality is a science

  3. You’ll run out of ideas

  4. Writing is a dream job

  5. Everybody is watching you

Happy Caturday…

This was my little Goddess kitty Pandora. She loved to rub her face on mine. Photo from 2013.

Tell Us About Your Worst (or Best) Day Gig

If someone had suggested getting up at 5am when I was 26, I would have wanted to kick them in the beans.

At 46, 5am to 8ish is one of my favorite times of the day.

While my wife and kids are sleeping, I do whatever I want.

Some days I'll write.

Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.