The Daily Dad Blog
(Sixteen years ago today) she said ‘Yes!’
MUKONO, UGANDA ✦ Sixteen years ago today, The Children’s Mother and I got engaged. Of course, at the time she ...
Read More No more kids! (But their birthday cakes? Hmm.)
It’s been the never ending birthday for our youngest, Hannah, who needs little introduction. She’s the girl who gets in ...
Read More On dogs, dreams and getting robbed … again
Healing can come in any number of ways, of course, even through a dog. Our dog, Zak – he’s laying ...
Read More That’s it. I’m moving to Canada … or … The (lying, monstrous) Donald
Today’s offering is about Donald Trump. If you have limited time, please instead read this piece on the same subject ...
Read More (Flying around) a small world
It’s the other day and, unbeknownst to me, an old friend of mine, a Canadian we knew from Yemen way ...
Read More Answering the tough questions
The Children’s Mother has returned from Tanzania which means, besides the addition of some fresh flowers in the house, I ...
Read More Talking to my dinner plate again
So, it’s that time, Single Daddin’ It, again. As you might recall, this is when the children’s mother is out ...
Read More We’re back
We’re back in Africa (with the cats and dog and everyone else). So is this blog. They, the Ugandans, always ...
Read More Love and courage in a well-lit café
It’s USA Today and a story about Muhammad Ali here at Café Amis, an American-French café on a cobblestone street ...
Read More Wrong seat. Wrong country. No phone. No mouse.
So, I just filled out Canada’s most recent census, barely beating the May 31 deadline and thus staying out of ...
Read More Tim Bosma’s funeral. A bittersweet day / Tim Bosma, dream house builder. Don’t let your heart be troubled. (Reposts)
Three years ago yesterday the public was invited to a funeral to mourn the death of Tim Bosma. To honor ...
Read More Time travel, perspective, and $10 billion
Past, Present, and Future walk into a bar. It was tense. + There’s no such thing as a self-made man ...
Read More You know you’re home when …
The one thing that always helps us as a family re-acclimatize to life back in Canada is Save the Mothers’ ...
Read More Crossing through Brussels. Staring down the principal.
So, it’s Day 5 of our official return to our own home, Day 4 of the kids’ return to school, ...
Read More The joy (and fear) of flying
It was the other day, since my family’s recent return to Canada, and I was on the massage table (I’ve ...
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