The Complete Epiphanies

A blog about the stories that nourish and sustain us, and the small miracles of everyday life. Brian Doyle, an essayist and novelist, died on May 27. He was the editor of Portland magazine and the author of numerous books, most recently the novel Chicago.

• Boxing Out
• The Spitter
• The Eloquent Silence of It
• The Island
• His Subtle Speech
• His Listening
• The Bulletin Board of Your Head
• Crush
• Cinnabar
• Friday Morning Pop Quiz
• Playing Ball in Brooklyn
• The National Sport
• The Old Sneakers With Which We Mow the Lawn
• Conscious Fouls
• The Hills and Dales of Their Father
• What Is Snow Like?
• In the Rain by the River
• On Scouting
• The Guy Who Wore His Son Like a Scarf
• A Letter to the Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh
• A Note on Shots
• Why Do We Not Sing These Things as Miracles?
• Pregnancy
• How to Change a Diaper
• The Gagger
• A Boston Story
• The Black Hole
• Huddle
• Death of a Velociraptor
• Getting Guys for a Game
• The Holdup
• The Praying Mantis Moment
• Prelude
• The Columnist
• The Inexhaustible Quarry of Memory
• Anniversary
• A Note on Ironing Boards
• The English Empire
• Thomas
• Backpacks
• The Eleventh
• Angeline
• Barefooting
• John Wayne
• Masks
• A Mohawk in the House
• O Canada
• Where the Blue Begins
• The Barbershop
• A Possible Infinity of Novels
• Beer with Peter
• Michael
• Finches I Have Known
• Fourples and Fiples and Sixles
• Mongo
• Letters and Comments on My Writing
• A Note on Stationery
• A Tinkering Kind of Guy
• Smallclothes
• The Missing
• In Queens
• Parsing the Paper
• Chessay
• The Sunday Afternoon Nap
• Eínai Enas Fto̱chós Podosfairistí̱s
• Milking a Cow
• The Long Winter
• The Kid Brother
• My Tax Questionnaire
• This Is Russia
• A Shaggy Dog Story
• Learning to Drive
• Bunt
• The Game
• Eating the Avalanche
• Last Songs
• Twelve Hats
• Joe Strummer Day
• The Springfield Greys
• On the Interstate
• The New Guy
• Old Shirts
• My Wedding Day
• Excellent Sneakers
• The Haunted Month
• Otter Foolishness
• Selling the House
• The Mark and Measure of the Man
• First Day
• The Compost Heap
• Late Summer Softball
• The Heft of the Horse
• All Possible Pie
• The School Bus Schedule
• Your Favorite Season
• Surf City
• A Note on Camping
• Urges
• Lanyards
• Flip-floppery
• Paper Route
• Scout Camp
• Aloft
• Full Moons
• Somewhat Doorless
• Walking to School
• On the Road Again
• The Royalty Check
• My Boat
• Hoop, Part II
• Writing in Australian
• Shoshana
• The Brilliance of Foolishness
• The Five-Kilometer Race
• Entrepreneurship
• Józef Korzeniowski: A Note
• A Note on Cricket
• Hoop
• Address Unknown
• Writing Oregon
• Boxes
• Mr. Hillerman
• Final Resting Place
• Dog Stories
• Rock and Roll
• By the Light of the Silvery Moon …
• Headlights
• This Is the Best World Ever!
• The Theater of Clothing
• Major Auden
• Sara
• Leaving Your Kid Brother at the Rest Stop
• The Five-Iron
• My Brother Peter
• The Babe
• The Box Scores
• Donald
• Mick’s Wedding
• The Kindergarten Bus
• A Day in the Country
• Baptism
• The Drive Through
• Have Faith
• How Did You Become a Writer?
• My Salt-Water Farm
• Stevie
• Dad
• Pix
• Ben
• Elevate the Reader
• One Million Ice-Cream Sticks
• Songs Without Words
• A Good Priest
• Moist All Over
• Think Again, Again
• Empire Builders
• Cool Beans
• Cutter
• The Man Who Saw Too Much
• The Town Behind the One You Can See
• To: The National Passport Processing Center, Philadelphia
• Over the Bar in the River
• His Wooden Leg
• Things My Kids Have Said …
• The Deceased
• Draft Card
• The House for Recovering Souls
• The Younger Brother Measuring System
• Craft
• Cyrus
• The Country of Who He Used to Be
• Storycatcher