I Guess I Should Announce This Today

My 35th birthday came with a real-life 'stranger than fiction' moment that may define the future of this Substack, my writing career, and my mental health.

I didn’t take any pictures on my birthday, so here’s a selfie Alba insisted on taking last week while I was holding Elio.

This is the last Dispatch I will write before putting this section of my Substack behind a paywall. The cost to access my Dispatches and everything else I write is $5/month, $50/year, or $150 if you consider yourself a Patron of the A…