BELT: A 2-Man Memoir

How to face the negative voices and the anxiety. How to move forward and find the groove. Grace no more.  Lost the groove, the stuff.  It. The shot falls short. A step too slow.  Mope at the end of that bench.  What magic, we ask, when the body stumbles?  Go swish without the net.  Dunk … Continue reading "Mojo: Finding The Groove" The post Mojo: Finding The Groove appeared first on BELT: A 2-Man Memoir.

The Fall Of The Phallus. Whither to go when the point man fails?  Beyond the scrotum, find the fount.  How to stop measuring your mettle with your member.  Someone is laughing at it right now, but you can live it down.  Listen to our stories of downed love, and discover your inner peen, stranger to … Continue reading "Cock Mock: The Fall Of The Phallus" The post Cock Mock: The Fall Of The Phallus appeared first on BELT: A 2-Man Memoir.

Talk About Fatherhood. Where are you?  Come back!  Clueless fathers groan.  Sons and daughters flee to the lemur pen, or the prairie dog’s.  We yawp to our young, be wild and free, and then the next breath: abide the law.  This is the talk about fatherhood.  How to reconcile the frontier with the domicile, the … Continue reading "Zoo: Talk About Fatherhood" The post Zoo: Talk About Fatherhood appeared first on BELT: A 2-Man Memoir.

The Secrets Of Sport-Love. We are pulled between aggression and affection.  Take to the gridiron.  Hit him helmet to helmet.  Slap his ass all friendly.  Man you beat down, your new best friend.  Butt-pads for the bumpy world.  Better: the forward pass, spiraling tightly over gravity, and the pigskin lands light in your open hands.  … Continue reading "WishBone: The Secrets Of Sport-Love" The post WishBone: The Secrets Of Sport-Love appeared first on BELT: A 2-Man Memoir.

Becoming Eco-Men. Raccoon. Fronting the frontier.  Our destiny is manifest.  Daniel Boone learns a lesson.  Crockett’s coonskin shrinks.  Return the pelt.  Eat a leaf.  We unlink the chain of being.  Melt down our muskets.  Find animals our equal, bushwhack a new path: the eco-man. BELT: A 2-Man Memoir is a podcast about masculinity by Joel … Continue reading "Raccoon: Return The Pelt" The post Raccoon: Return The Pelt appeared first on BELT: A 2-Man Memoir.

Man-Talk About Motors. Under the hood, we are over our pistons.  Stick shift.  Cylinders in the thousands.  Sometimes a man’s got to walk away from what drives him.  So ride on the bike at the back.  Schwinn.  Moped.  Vespa.  On what muscle will you grasp the driver? This is man-talk about motors.  Why do men … Continue reading "UberMan: Man-Talk About Motors" The post UberMan: Man-Talk About Motors appeared first on BELT: A 2-Man Memoir.

A podcast episode about male violence. Tan the hide.  Spare the rod.  We etch with our awl the leather. Skin-poke. Violence bleeds from daddy to boy.  Our wit sweetens the flow.  Those dark voices—you are not strong enough—we hear and revise.  Like when you pee, you heed the Bible on your willy.  Circumscribed by circumcision. … Continue reading "Hickory Stick – Male Violence Undone" The post Hickory Stick – Male Violence Undone appeared first on BELT: A 2-Man Memoir.