Here’s this week’s roundup of the blog posts I read this week that I thought were especially good.

Blogger, startup CEO, and homeschooling mom Penelope Trunk points out (again) that you can’t have both a big career and time to be a good parent. You pick one or the other. Read We need to talk more about Melinda Gates

Film photographer Mark O’Brien recently shot expired Kodak Panatomic-X on his Konica Autoreflex T3 using a 57mm f/1.4 Hexanon lens. I really enjoyed the images he captured. Read It’s All About the Lens

TV writer and director Ken Levine tells stories from his time as a radio disk jockey under the air name Beaver Cleaver. (Caution: a few naughty words.) Read Ken Levine — a.k.a. Beaver Cleaver

Leigh McGowan, who suffers from a condition that risks her life, writes about values she wants to pass along to her son. This week, she considered experiences that bring joy. Read Exuberance