I’m firmly entrenched in a post-Christmas/midsummer haze of test cricket, soaring temperatures and boundless little boy energy.
The holidays were…fantastic.
I don’t know that I’ve ever thought, spoken or written that particular combination of those four words before. But this year was something special with family visiting and a proper American Thanksgiving and a gaggle of young [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
An open letter to a stay-at-home-Mum
This one may not go down well, considering the demographics of my readership.
As a general rule, I try to avoid getting sucked into comment stream dramas – mostly because I have better things to do with life. In most cases, I don’t even go back to a post after I’ve left a comment, just in [...]
If my family tree goes back to the Romans, then I will change my name to Jones
It has turned out to be a big week for the families of A Free Man and Dr. O’C. We’re spread pretty far and wide, but in a lot of ways are closer for that. Speaking for myself, I think I talk to my folks more now than I did when we lived geographically closer. [...]
Half a year in Oz
In my obsession last week with an impotent hatred of the State of Florida, I missed out on a couple of significant dates in my expatriate journey. As of last week, it’s been four years since we left the U.S. and six months since we arrived in Australia.
A lot of the expat bloggers who [...]
Debating Dads
My Dad and I don’t agree on much politically. I’m a hard core socialist and my Dad, as a libertarian, is about as far away from me politically as you can get without coming back the other way. But despite being wrong on most things, he thinks things through thoroughly and is always civil in [...]
This Week On The (Dr.) O’C: The “L” Word
You’ve got to love happy endings. In what could be Dr. O’C’s final post here on A Free Man, we get just that…
At some point my attitude to motherhood started to improve. I don’t know when that happened, but it did. I am a better mum than I thought I would be. For the [...]
We come from the land of the ice and snow
Dr. O’C is the latest member of A Free Man’s household to crack the job market. After what will be nearly a year in the purgatory of stay-at-home motherhood (she would quite possibly use a different word), Dr. O’C will re-join the ranks of the gainfully employed next month. This is the latest in a string [...]
Thanks for having me and my irresponsible child over to your house
I’ve always thought that the best way to get a real sense of a place is to spend a lot of time with the natives. When those natives are family, you the traveler have got it made. Not only can you get nice home-cooked meals, a comfortable bed to sleep in and, in a non-English [...]
Family and feuds
“Still and all I’m happy
The reason is, you see
Once in a while along the way
Love’s been good to me…”
-Rod McKuen – “Love’s Been Good To Me”
Last Friday there was a rainy departmental BBQ for someone’s retirement, a social event that I would try to avoid under the best of circumstances. With Baby Z still fresh [...]
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