Mitch Garver Responds!
Last summer I wrote a blog post called An Open Letter to Mitch Garver of the Minnesota Twins. It’s about Silas, my 7-year-old son, and his obsession with the major league baseball player.
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Aaron’s Blog
Life, family, and music.
6 Books I Highly Recommend
Of the books I read in 2019, I highly recommend these. There’s a little something for everyone: historical fiction, business, memoir, creative writing, self-help — even a children’s book (which you probably know of).
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Move Fast and Get Hurt
I have this thing I say multiple times a day. Sometimes out loud. Sometimes just to myself. Sometimes I say it to my wife Heidi. Sometimes Heidi says it to me. Move fast and get hurt. The other day she wondered whether she should go to this party. She didn’t really know many people. Would
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A Peewee, a Plymouth, and a Tired Pops
I was 12, a Peewee hockey player on the A team. Honestly, though, I sat the bench a lot that year. I was one of the younger kids. We didn’t have enough players for a B team, otherwise I would have been on it. It’s not that I was a terrible player. It’s just that
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3 Artists You’ll Love in December
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The Day I Carved My First Turkey
I used to watch my dad carve the turkey. He had one of those electric knives that looks like a mini hedge trimmer. I can’t wait to do that someday, I thought to myself.
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Stella Artois features “Anytime I Go” (Acoustic)
November 2019 I’m happy to share that Stella Artois is currently featuring “Anytime I Go” (Acoustic) in their latest campaign. Watch the commercial below and stream the entire song here. Love, Aaron
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Halloween,1987
I asked my mom to dig up this photo. I wanted to show it to you because I remember this particular Halloween more than any other. That’s me in the middle—my sister Erica on the left, Ingrid on the right. It’s 1987, the year my sister Greta was born. I remember this Halloween because there
How I Deal with Writer’s Block
Even now, writing about writer’s block, I get writer’s block. What should I say? Do I have anything to say? How should I say it? Is this dumb? No, this is pretty good. No, it’s crap. Welcome to my brain. Maybe it’s like yours.
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Owl in the Hollow of a Tree
This summer an owl moved in with us. In the hollow of a rotted elm near our driveway. I thought it was a him, but it was a her. Three owlets appeared midsummer.
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