Category: fatherhood

signs of strain

signs of strain

Kia ora friends, The photo accompanying this post was a slightly performative selfie, taken on a Monday morning a few weeks ago, when I was about to deliver a zoom…
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supermoons and chickenpox

Good morning darlings, Stayed up late last night to check out the blood eclipse super lunar extravaganza (almost 11pm when I went to bed … CRIKEY that’s late for this…
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trust the experts, already.

Kia Ora friends. So, I’ve overheard a few comments and had enough conversations to make me want to share this notion publicly … it’s about racism, and political correctness, and…
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solstice celebrated, garlic planted!

Kia Ora lovelies, How wonderful to have tipped over into shortening nights and lengthening days.  It still may be flipping freezing, but I’m grateful for the reminder that all is…
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a little light reading

Kia Ora e hoa ma, This picture shows me holding a few of the books I’m kinda simultaneously reading.  How’s the attentional bandwith, you may ask?  Yeah, well you oughta…
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DIY petrichor

Springtime is lovely in this garden.  These past couple of weeks I have spent many blissful minutes under various blossoming trees, eyes closed, breathing deep, smelling sweet smells and hearing…
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vive la France!

Salut mes amis, Kia Ora e hoa ma, G’day mates,  hey y’all, hello my friends. The resistance is rumbling.  There have been courageous law changes in France meaning that the…
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many things, much stuff

Kia Ora dear friends and lovely geeks I’m just gonna dive into some link sharing, sans preamble.  Tons, today: First, a link to a report about some research that reminds…
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running somewhat behind …

I got my latest issue of OHbaby! magazine a good week ago, but life has been so intense and my children so needy that I have not had an opportunity…
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Good evening geeks I begin by sharing a useful link about car seat use in NZ … rules and such.  If you’re anything like me you’ll have a dither that…
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