For those of you who might not know, magazine articles are written well in advance of their publication. As I type these words into my iPad Pro, it’s a clear…
Sam Davies lives in Northside Richmond with his wife and two school-age children. He enjoys writing about being a father in the DadZone. Follow him on Twitter @MrBeefy.
Recently, I had the privilege of taking my 9-year old daughter to see Virginia Repertory Theatre’s production of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad at the Children’s Theatre at Willow…
“Whatcha eating dad?” My daughter has spotted the spoon on the counter – the only evidence of the mint chocolate chip ice cream I have just shoveled into my mouth. …
“No scissors, no tape, but I believe in you.” These were the only instructions given to my 8-year-old daughter and me one Sunday morning at The Forge, a dedicated maker…
Recently, a good friend of mine from the Midwest started giving serious thought to moving to Richmond with his family. We were chatting about different RVA neighborhoods when I thought…
My family has the privilege of not having to think about race very much. Being white in a racist society affords us the power to ignore that our whiteness informs…
I learned something about myself at a screening of Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation, the latest film offering at the Dome at the Science Museum of Virginia. I learned that…
Who were the people of Pompeii? What was their community like before it was covered in a literal mountaintop of ash?” These are the questions that Pompeii: The Immortal City,…
For a long period in my life, I forgot how to play pretend. As a child, I’d spend hours on the floor of my bedroom constructing narratives: superhero mashups between…
When my older daughter was eight, my wife Kat and I prepared to take her to her first sleep-away camp. It was the summer after third grade and she was…
