David Todd McCarty

Cape May

Journalist at Freelance

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Articles

Obligations and Graduations

1 week ago | medium.com | David Todd McCarty

MemoirThe art of navigating a complicated world of responsibilities with patience and graceNot a Medium member yet? Click here to read the article. I do not like plans or obligations. I do not enjoy having “something to do.” It’s in no way thrilling for me and does not represent “something to look forward to.” I have my own ideas about how I want to spend my time and it does not involve dentistry or forced family fun. I’m not looking for suggestions on how to live my life.
When I Am Old

1 week ago | medium.com | David Todd McCarty

MemoirAging gracefully into quiet self-confidenceNot a Medium member yet? Click here to read the article. Not long before my father died, at the tender age of 80, my mother told me that they would often wonder aloud what they would be like when they were old. This initially came up over their collective hearing loss, which wasn’t horrible but rather seemed to amuse them.
Approach Writing As A Craft, Or It’s Just A Hobby

1 week ago | medium.com | David Todd McCarty

ATELIER LMNOThe path to a life in stories starts with telling what you know, from a unique point of viewNot a Medium member yet? Click here to read the article. Anyone who has ever considered writing has heard the phrase “write what you know,” meaning that we should stick to writing about things we have personal experience with. If you have a passion for fishing, you should write stories that center around fishing somehow, because you can provide details that a reader will recognize as authentic.
I Gotta Be Me

2 weeks ago | medium.com | David Todd McCarty

ATELIER LMNOThe lack of originality in human consciousness is distressingly appalling and surprisingly comfortingNot a Medium member yet? Click here to read the article. I like to think of myself as special — just the same as everyone else. I hate knowing I’m not wonderfully and exceptionally unique. It’s so ordinary and pedestrian to be just another civilian. It’s like an ant standing up in the middle of the colony and belting out, “I Gotta Be Me!”All the other ants are like, “Ugh, whatever Francis.
The Intoxicating Power Of No

2 weeks ago | medium.com | David Todd McCarty

LIFE LESSONSThe power and responsibility of choosing your own pathNot a Medium member yet? Click here to read the article. Just this past week, I was offered the opportunity to be part of a business start-up that I found intriguing because the idea was solid and there was money to be made. In the end, I walked away because it wasn’t right for me. It had nothing to do with the business concept, but more of a conflict of vision between myself and the other partners, whom I both like and respect.
Mowing Your Own Lawn

2 weeks ago | medium.com | David Todd McCarty

LIFE LESSONSThe spiritual and psychological benefits of doing it yourselfNot a Medium member yet? Click here to read the article. I mow my own lawn, which surprises people. To be honest, it surprises me that it surprises them. I suppose it’s meant as a compliment. Surely, I’m too important to be mowing my own lawn. Isn’t that why we tolerate the existence of immigrants in the first place? To do the difficult work we don’t want to do? Why am I degrading myself by stooping so far below my social station?
Frequently Profane But Never Vulgar

4 weeks ago | medium.com | David Todd McCarty

LIFE LESSONSAn exploration of my love of four-letter words and other thoughts on fruity languageNot a Medium member yet? Click here to read the article. “Norman was frequently profane but never vulgar, something he considered a key Montana distinction.” — Laird Robinson, researcher for Normal Maclean, author of “A River Runs Through It”Her name was Donna, and she had grown up in some backwater holler in West Virginia in the earlier part of the previous century.
Under The Rocks Are The Words

1 month ago | medium.com | David Todd McCarty

ATELIER LMNOA philosophical movement on the nature of writing“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.” ~ Norman MacleanNot a Medium member yet? Click here to read the article.
Falling Down

1 month ago | medium.com | David Todd McCarty

LIFE LESSONSJust the ordinary trials and tribulations of your not-so-friendly neighborhood narcissistNot a Medium member yet? Click here to read the article. I deactivated my Facebook account — again. It’s simply too easy for me to feel self-righteous and smug and then lord it over everyone with my endless diatribes full of poignant insight and caustic wit.
The Problem Of American Patriotism

1 month ago | medium.com | David Todd McCarty

POLITICSIn which I once again attempt to dissuade my fellow countrymen from falling for the fallacy of American exceptionalismNot a Medium member yet? Click here to read the article. “This aggression must not stand.” ~The DudeIt’s Memorial Day weekend — again. I don’t know why I’m always so surprised, but I tend to lose my shit around every ridiculous American holiday fetishizing the American military as the sole keepers of patriotic faith. Memorial Day. Independence Day. Veterans Day.