Archive for May, 2006

Pops

0 Comments Published May 31st, 2006 in Miscellaney, Seraphim/dakini.

DadDad & his granddaughter.
I just sent in an essay today, musings on the occasion of Father’s Day for consideration at an online ‘zine. If it doesn’t appear there or anywhere else, digitally or via ink, I’ll definitely post it here on Pops’/Baba’s Day. Meanwhile, all that thinking about fathers and Fathers’ Day and my own [...]

On the same page

1 Comment Published May 25th, 2006 in Miscellaney.

So this spring, Confessions of the Other Mother came out and of course I’ve been watching its progress as it (bearing my humble essay) inches its way up and down the Amazon.com sales rank list.
Imagine my thrill when I saw it debut at a sales rank in the vicinity of 855,592 (out of 4+ million [...]

At the library

0 Comments Published May 24th, 2006 in Miscellaney.

The Berkeley Public Library reading room.
I spent some time yesterday working in the Berkeley Public Library. My mother spent most of her after-school hours there, as a Berkeley High School student in the late 1930s. But before her afternoon at the library began, she went across the street to Edie’s Ice Cream shop and [...]

Mr. Mom in the house

0 Comments Published May 18th, 2006 in Baba familias.

Mr. Keaton in his breakout role.
It’s a new day.
A week ago I left full time, 8-5 employment, and began to bob into the sea of fiscal indeterminacy. Scary-painful like pulling off a BandAid all at once. But the payoffs, in the realm of parental connection, have been immediate and profound and I will do [...]

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    • mkatyc commented on O I just couldn’t resist saying Ohh, this was the best!
    • Chumpy commented on And by point of contrast saying Aw If you mislay the heavenly harp (or CD or Beloved) under a mound of used tissues you could always try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8fOWo2hV4U for a recently revived take on daughter separation. Crazy fans would identify the song from the opening line 'School bag in hand.....' without using the link.
    • Lesbian Dad commented on O I just couldn’t resist saying Happy to say that our meager household was a part of that spike, when we contributed (again). That and No on 8, sister.
    • lizk commented on O I just couldn’t resist saying Yes! I was delighted to find this earlier today and sent it to several friends. Fun to sit back and watch them back themselves into a corner -- give them enough rope, etc. etc. BTW, I read that Palin's rant, er, speech, has caused a huge spike in donations to the Obama/Biden ticket.
    • Nelfy commented on O I just couldn’t resist saying hehe. thanks for posting this. I think I develop a tiny crush on jon stewart every time I see one of those clips. I should get one of those t-shirts "I'd go straight for jon stewart". ;-). I am always 'amused' by the double standards eg her daughter made the "choice" to have her baby
    • immoralmatriarch commented on O I just couldn’t resist saying Great minds, again. This is embedded in my blog post that's scheduled for tomorrow. :)
    • Lesbian Dad commented on And by point of contrast saying You people are stabbing a #2 pencil in my heart here, all the eloquence. Whatever shall we do. Before meandering down this primrose parenting path, I had no idea it would be a non-stop, daily exercise in how precious and precious little our time is. Sigh. Back to the harp music.
    • Shereen commented on And by point of contrast saying I KNOW. Our little one started grade one on Tuesday. Day one - trying not to bawl as she joined the lineup of students, and walked away from us into the classroom. Day two - trying not to bawl as she climbed away from us up the steps of the school bus. Every night -