Happy Father's Day to all the dads: my dad, my kids' dad (whoa, did I really just say that?), my friends' dads, and my friend-dads, who are all formerly-good guys who have only gotten better (and more tired, annoyed, scared and vulnerable) in the process.

Dads get a lot of goofy presents because they frequently can be hard to shop for. I'll tell you what I got Steve on Monday. In the meantime, enjoy this gift I made for my own father many years ago. It's a needlepoint of our old dog Bonnie:

I think it may shock you to learn that I never took a needlework lesson, formal or otherwise, in my life:

Is the resemblance not uncanny? No wonder my dad saved this for 25 years!