Full Plates and Fuller Bowls
Two goals shape every Utah visit: make time for friends, and make room for an unreasonable bowl of chili cheese fries. Tayvin explores what it means to have a lot on your plate, and when a full schedule becomes more than you can chew.
When Pigs Drive Minivans
Tayvin once swore he would never own a minivan, not for all the tea in China, and certainly not before pigs learned to fly. This week he drove one off the dealership lot on purpose, and happily. Two ways of saying never, and a gentle reminder of how often life proves that never wrong.
Breaking Down the Bright Side
A cross-country road trip, a car that quits at 80 miles per hour, and four hours stranded on the shoulder with a baby in the back seat. Tayvin on two phrases that turn a bad day around: what it means when things break down, and how choosing where to look changes everything.
A Mouthful of Beginnings
A second lost tooth, a teething baby, and the messy start of learning anything new. Tayvin on two tooth idioms that bookend a journey: where you begin, and what you commit to for the long haul.
Ketchup with a Friend
A month of chaos, a homemade spicy-ketchup habit, and a long-overdue phone call. Tayvin on the homophone that trips up learners (ketchup versus catch up) and the friendship gap worth closing.
All Tunnel, No Vision
One YouTube problem, five hours, and a whole day gone before he looked up. Tayvin on hyper-focus, ADD, and the fine line between being locked in and losing the big picture entirely.
Land of the Free, Home of the Diaper Change
Both parents working, no daycare, and a one-year-old who has decided she only wants Mom. Tayvin on the teamwork of new parenthood: pulling your weight, sharing the same boat, and learning to row the same way.
A Village of Borrowed Fathers
Recording the day after his first Father’s Day, Tayvin reflects on what it really takes to raise a child, and the people who quietly show up to fill the gaps a family can’t fill alone.
Death and Ceiling Fan Philosophy
What does a ceiling fan have to do with the meaning of death? A late-night Wikipedia rabbit hole and a Yale philosophy course collide, leaving Tayvin with two expressions worth knowing: how to ask what’s on someone’s mind, and how to slowly make sense of an idea too big to grasp all at once.
Blue Skies Don’t Show Which Way the Wind Blows
$7,000 lands on a credit card on an ordinary Thursday morning, completely out of the blue. A look at the windfalls that arrive without warning, and whether we’re ever really ready for them.