Meet Peter Vogt

I’m a writer. An essayist, to be more exact. I tell stories here—true stories, from my own life, in hopes they will make a positive difference in yours.

I share laughs and tears, insights and observations, frustrations and realizations, relying all the while on the storytelling wisdom of Julia Cameron, author of The Right to Write:

It is a great paradox that the more personal, focused, and specific your writing becomes, the more universally it communicates.

I’m a husband and father, brother and son. I’m a watcher and listener, thinker and reader, spotter and chronicler. I’m 51 years old and counting. And I’m a card-carrying introvert living in a very extroverted culture. So let’s just say that, between the world of my day-to-day experiences and the 24/7 processing facility inside my head, I have no shortage of writing material. (The parenting role alone is a boundless blogging bounty.)

My prayer is a simple one: that my words speak to you—somehow, some way—and help you see that you’re not all alone in this world.

Neither am I. We’re all in this together.