Just wanted to announce that my next book comes out Sept 29. Latter-day Sikh is a biography of my grandpa, Gurcharan Singh Gill, and a reflection on the two beautiful faiths that shaped his life.
More here: jamesgoldberg.substack.com/p/latter-day...

Glad you guys are socializing in your own special way.

In my family, we have some sayings. One is, “The dread is worse than the doing.”
If I can trick myself into starting something, I at least escape the dread.

After years of creative writing for people who want to buy my house, one of them finally texted back!

Just swinging back by here. This was lovely to hear.

Just reread your post. Three adults? Never mind. That’s crazy. Carry on with feelings.

I have one adult. It’s a new season, but you’re definitely still a character in their story.
Congratulations on reaching this milestone.

Grateful to Jeffrey Essmann, the editor who selected my poem to feature in the Catholic Poetry Room today.

I've got a piece in the Holiday Lit Blitz:
www.mormonlitlab.org/post/tastes-...

What are you most looking forward to in Nairobi?

…how do cars normally get used?

I enjoy buy-your-house texts enough that my wife handed me her phone to reply to one.

Woke up sore, drained—and thankful for my body, with its insistent persistence.

My 12-year-old son took up percussion and now drums on everything. Reminds me of Wm Morris's "The Elder Who Wouldn't Stop": www.mormonlitlab.org/post/day-two...