http://www.lesbiandad.net notes from the crossroads of mother and father Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:23:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Exuberance factor was just an eensy bit higher this year. (Not like last year was bad a'tall.) Pre-school hi-jinx. She's a traditionalist. What can I say. Après class. Thinkin' the day went okay. One down, 179 to go. http://www.lesbiandad.net/2010/09/first-day-first-grade/ A potpourri, here. No thread, just the will to stay up well past a sensible bedtime to say something, anything. Have I shown you this image before? If not, I should have. It's vintage, meaning my daughter drew it years ago, so long ago now that I don't remember when. Yeah, ... http://www.lesbiandad.net/2010/09/much-ado/ This is not about the notion of actually choosing to have children 25 years later (than what? than their birth? than you initially planned to?).  I hope, indeed I fully expect that when/if I am so lucky as to be around to see my children -- both of them -- ... http://www.lesbiandad.net/2010/08/choosing-children-25-years-later/ Sister pillow, Berkeley, CA. I know, I know! Another bare-bones (post-skimpy) week last week. It's killin' me. I tell you, though. Peace, quiet, and adequate time to hunker down and do justice to all the stories and ideas floating around in the head are right there on the horizon. I ... http://www.lesbiandad.net/2010/08/weekend-bonus-shot-monday-edition-08-23-10/ Tilden Park, Berkeley, CA. http://www.lesbiandad.net/2010/08/sister-brother-movement-stillness/ Carnegie Hall, NYC. No, I didn't ask anyone how to get there. But I was tempted. [See also: "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" which actually leads not to the storied performance venue, but into a barnyard.] http://www.lesbiandad.net/2010/08/weekend-bonus-shot-monday-edition-08-16-10/ Several readers -- thank you theredbaron, Jill, and COat50 -- wrote me yesterday to inform me that Mitrice Richardson had been found. As in, her body had been found, life long since lost from it. (LA Times account here.) It was another reader who informed me of her case, nearly a ... http://www.lesbiandad.net/2010/08/mitrice/ Woman's movement, 6th Ave, NYC. Who's the walker and who's the watcher?  Enjoy this short Wikipedia entry on the flâneur, and you decide. I'm not at all sure when or if I will be able to manage a full-on prose recap of this past weekend I spent in New York for ... http://www.lesbiandad.net/2010/08/le-flaneur/ The author at brunch, Hell's Kitchen, NYC. Photo: DeBORah. If I told you how many really incredible people I spent time with Sunday, you would never believe me. Really. I didn't need a guidebook to New York, I needed a guide book to my own day. Every single one is doing major ... http://www.lesbiandad.net/2010/08/weekend-bonus-shot-08-08-10/ A quick pair of images from NYC last night, posted between BlogHer sessions. Above, three self-described "giddy fangirls" (Briar, Calliope, and Liza) await Dr. Rachel Maddow's appearance, evidently perhaps even via parachute, following the close of her Friday night broadcast. I was in attendance as sober, nonchalant chaperone. To almost everyone's ... http://www.lesbiandad.net/2010/08/on-the-town/