Another year, another birthday, another annual letter from your dad. Yeah, I know: I’m so embarrassing. But while […]
Category Archive: A dad’s life
The Hawaiians have a word, ohana, which describes a person’s network of blood relatives, extended family, close friends […]
You’re now 13, Toby, which means you are officially a teenager. Unsurprisingly, it’s been a year of great […]
Happy birthday, Isaac. I still can’t quite believe you’re now a fully-fledged 15-year-old. Which means it’s time for […]
All good things must come to an end. BlogOn closed the doors on its last ever bloggers’ conference […]
When empty-nesters tell you, “They’ll be gone before you know it”, there’s a natural tendency to nod politely […]
August 9th, 1997. 25 years ago today. It feels like aeons ago; it feels like only yesterday. It […]
After 11 trips to Butlin’s over a period of 12 years, I think we’ve reached the final chapter. […]
I was rummaging around in our loft the other day when I discovered a box of old audio […]
It was just another Wednesday, when I received a notification that transformed a mundane ‘hump day’ into something […]
We’ve been free from mandatory pandemic restrictions for a while now. Covid increasingly feels like a distant bad […]
I had a random thought the other evening that left me feeling more than a little melancholy. Isaac […]