I was talking with a colleague yesterday and she mentioned she was about to leave on vacation, off to visit family in Romania. That brought this post from October 2014 to mind and the great tourism video, which was influential in my decision to visit Romania. Since it was top of mind, I though a […]
I suppose an explanation is in order. Certainly a fellow blogger thought so, sending me an email asking if somehow something had been dropped from my post on stuffed animals. The short answer is no. I just didn’t think to explain myself. And I suppose I really should explain why my son’s stuffed toy rabbit, […]
When my children were younger I wrote a weekly column, “Modern Parenting” for The Pembroke Observer newspaper. Being a stay-at-home dad was rare in our small town in 1991; people wanted to hear about my adventures. When I started this blog I promised to republish some of those old pieces, then I got sidetracked.The past […]
I posted this on May 4 2015. A year has passed, it has now been 46 years since that day. But I still do remember and want to pause again to reflect on a world where so often things can go horribly wrong. Forty-five years later their names are a footnote to history. But I […]
When my children were younger I wrote a weekly column, “Modern Parenting” for The Pembroke Observer newspaper. Being a stay-at-home dad was rare in our small town in 1991; people wanted to hear about my adventures. When I started this blog I promised to republish some of those old pieces, then I got sidetracked. Today […]
When my children were younger I wrote a weekly column, “Modern Parenting” for The Pembroke Observer newspaper. Being a stay-at-home dad was rare in our small town in 1991; people wanted to hear about my adventures. When I started this blog I promised to republish some of those old pieces, then I got sidetracked. Today […]
When my children were younger I wrote a weekly column, “Modern Parenting” for The Pembroke Observer newspaper. Being a stay-at-home dad was rare in our small town in 1991; people wanted to hear about my adventures. When I started this blog I promised to republish some of those old pieces, then I got sidetracked. Today […]
Thinking ahead to summer. Thought I would share this post again, one of the highlights of our 2014 European trip. I had seen it in the distance when I visited Brussels briefly in 2009. The building fascinated me, but with only a few hours to sightsee I concentrated on the downtown core, not having the […]
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