Bart SchanemanTraveling In the Time of ZillowA cursed blessing of having traveled far, of living in a lot of different places in one life, is that it makes you believe you can live…3 min read·Jul 23, 2023----
Bart SchanemanNeed Rejection Therapy? Hang Out With a 2-Year-OldI’ve started asking friends if they want to read a novel manuscript I’ve been working on for the past five years. Set in Denver in 2019…·3 min read·Jul 14, 2023----
Bart SchanemanGoing Home, Thinking About FatherhoodI don’t know my philosophy on how to be a good dad yet, I’m just trying to be here for her4 min read·Jul 7, 2023----
Bart SchanemanCommunity, Jason Isbell, and Crying in H MartIt’s been two years since we moved to this house. Two years and two months since we had our daughter. Two years ago, on the first weekend…·4 min read·Jun 30, 2023----
Bart SchanemanScarred BeautyThe year that led up to this trip had been one of loneliness and poor decision-making and self-loathing.·16 min read·Jun 10, 2023----
Bart SchanemanDispatches from Midlife (4): Father’s DayJia wakes up early, before 7, crying more than usual because she’s teething. Her first top tooth is coming in, a tic tac erupting through…·5 min read·Jun 26, 2022----
Bart SchanemanDispatches from Midlife: (3) Betting it AllEven at my age, 42, I still have a lot of close friends who don’t have families, who never married, or who tried it and it didn’t work for…·4 min read·Jun 17, 2022----
Bart SchanemanDispatches from Midlife: (2) Gate closing panicThere’s a German word for the feeling that time is running out as more doors of opportunity close as we age — torschlusspanik — which the…·5 min read·Jun 13, 2022--1--1
Bart SchanemanDispatches from midlife: (1) Where I’m calling fromThe first weekend we lived here — exactly one year ago this week — a tornado touched down about 15 miles south of town. We could see it…·5 min read·Jun 6, 2022----