Interviews & Commentary

Interviews & Commentary features conversations, perspectives, and opinion pieces related to blogging and digital publishing. It highlights the voices behind the work, including bloggers, writers, editors, and industry participants.

The goal is thoughtful commentary that reflects the community and the evolving realities of publishing on the web.

The older some people get, the smaller their circle becomes — and sometimes that isn’t withdrawal, it’s finally knowing the difference between company and comfort

People who were raised by unpredictable parents often become funny, observant, and charming, but rarely because childhood gave them an easy reason to be

I have interviewed 60 adult children of emotionally difficult parents, and the sadness that kept coming up was not that their parents failed them — it was that they still kept hoping they would change

Adult children who stop sharing good news with their parents are not always bitter — sometimes they are protecting one happy thing from being minimized

Long marriages aren’t always passionate — but some of the steadiest ones may simply be two people who kept choosing ordinary mornings together