I totally forgot that yesterday was Father’s Day in much of the Northern Hemisphere* until I saw PostSecret’s “Father’s Day Secrets“. And then I got all sappy and teary-eyed. As you do.
Especially over these ones:
That last one, in particular, got to me. I’ve noticed lately, particularly with Boy Z, this primal need for recognition from [...]
I’m in Mt Gambier. I suspect that 99% of you don’t know where in the world Mt Gambier is, I didn’t until I looked it up on Google Maps a few days ago. I’ve flown down from Adelaide for the day to teach the first year nursing students about the skeletal system, part of my [...]
(Or on Puff the Magic Dragon and masculinity.)
One of my favourite sources for kids’ music is Cover Lay Down’s Kidfolk series. Not too long ago, one of Boyhowdy’s featured tracks was a version of “Puff the Magic Dragon” by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary fame. “Puff” is a song that I remember fondly [...]
Peter, Paul and Mary "Puff the Magic Dragon" [3:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Peter and Bethany Yarrow "Puff the Magic Dragon" [4:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Broken Social Scene "Puff the Magic Dragon" [5:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadReason #143 that I love Australia: public holidays for trivial reasons. There’s the Queen’s Birthday in June (which is not actually the current or any past Queen of England’s birthday), Family and Community Day in the ACT in September, Eight Hours Day in Tasmania in March, Picnic Day in the Northern Territories in August and yesterday’s Adelaide [...]
I’ve been informed that Not Max is six months old today and that I need to write a post commemorating this because I did so for Boy Z. So, well done Not Max. Well done for keeping a smile on your face despite dealing with the negligent parenting that is the lot of the second child. [...]
Not Max, our now five month old son, doesn’t get a lot of face time here at A Free Man. This accurately reflects his position in real life, squarely in the shadow of his older brother. Boy Z walks and talks and runs and throws and hits a cricket ball and thus earns far more [...]
I have been trying to think of ways to describe the unique sound of a plastic cascade of Lego tumbling from its appropriate receptacle onto the floor. If you’re a parent or like me, a childhood afficianado of Lego, you know what I’m talking about. There is no other sound like it. It likely strikes [...]
We went to see “The Boys are Back” over the weekend. It wasn’t a film that either of us wanted to see, in particular, but we had a babysitter and an itch to spend some time in the cinema and it was either that, “Avatar” or a legion of other anodyne Hollywood swill.
I’m not sure that I’m glad [...]
During my family’s trip Down Under, my Dad and I were talking about future visits back and forth between Australia and the States.
“And when the boys are teenagers, I’m just going to send them to Florida for the school holidays. Let their grandparents deal with their hormonal butts”, I ribbed.
“That’s OK”, my Dad replied with [...]
I want to get off of our canine tragedy and talk a bit about the rest of our makeshift family holiday. Starting at the end with the cricket on Sunday. Dr.O’C and I took the boys to the third day of the second test between Australia and the West Indies. I had hoped to wow and woo you [...]
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