A Solo-Dad Birthday
on Nov 21, 2009 in Solo-Dad Life Solo-Fun birthdays giving back seniors Thanksgiving Today is my 52nd birthday. I was born at 8:00 a.m. in Savannah, Tennessee. In 1957 I was the first baby delivered via Caesarian section in Hardin County General Hospital. I’m told my maternal grandfather raised hell and barged into the nurser...

Wanted: An Ex Who Respects My Flexibility
on Nov 18, 2009 in Solo-Dad Life communication parenting single single parenting single parents There are times when a single dad has no choice but to be flexible. Like the other other night when my Ex calls to ask me if I could switch a scheduled overnight stay for the next night. Normally not a big deal except that I’d made plans around...

Time for Another Solo-Dad Facelift
on Nov 15, 2009 in Featured Articles Solo-Dad Life aesthetics blogging themes Yes, we’re changing things around a bit. Some blogs can go their merry way and never change a thing. Here at Solo-Dad, that’s just not the case.  We need change. No, we CRAVE change. But not just change for change’s sake, but posit...

Solo-Grand-Dad: Jessica Riley’s Debut
on Nov 7, 2009 in Featured Articles Solo-Dad Life Bethany grandparenting Jessica Jessica Riley Anderson Born November 5, 2009   Fairbanks, Alaska   11:02 a.m. AST “Practically Perfect In Every Way…” ~-~-~-~-~-~ It was midnight on November 5 when Bethany called me to tell me her water had broken and she and D...

Meet ‘Buddy!’ – Solo-Dad’s Newest Addition
on Oct 23, 2009 in Featured Articles Solo-Dad Life Solo-Fun Buddy Dogs love Pets Solo-Dog comes home! On this past Sunday, LE and I drove to the East Bay city of Pleasanton, California to meet ‘Buddy.’ Buddy is a 14-month old black Labrador Retriever  Pointer mix who needed a new home. Since deciding to adopt a pet,...

Solo-Dog, Part II: What Am I Really Looking For?
on Oct 11, 2009 in Featured Articles Solo-Dad Life Solo-Fun companionship love Am I looking for the perfect dog or the perfect woman? When it comes to picking domestic partners, my track record isn’t spectacular.  Ex #1 My first wife was, and remains, a lovely woman.  That we grew in opposite directions was, perhaps, t...

Solo-Dog
on Oct 4, 2009 in Featured Articles Solo-Dad Life Solo-Fun I’m not getting any younger, so why wait? As Summer slips into Fall here in the Monterey Bay Area, the crowds have thinned on the beaches leaving only dog walkers and those still trying to jog their way to a slimmer waistline. While I’m f...

Dad Loaf
on Sep 16, 2009 in Featured Articles Solo-Dad Life Solo-Fun Would You Rather Be Buried or Cremated? It began innocently with one of those infamous Facebook quizzes. You know the ones, written by fifth graders? Yeah, those. So, I decided to depart from my normal FB-MO and take the quiz. OK, it actually wasn&#...

Saying Goodbye
on Aug 21, 2009 in Featured Articles Bethany Goodbye Letting Go I’ve said goodbye to daughter a hundred times. At the conclusion of each weekend she’d spend with me when she was young; At the conclusion of each telephone conversation over the years.  But only a few of them have been as emotionally c...

31DBBSD Day #8: Watch Your Language, Son
on Aug 12, 2009 in 31 DBBSD Featured Articles language profanity single dads swearing My father is 77 and I’ve never heard him swear. Not one time have I ever heard an ‘Oh S—t,’ a ‘God—–it,’ or even a ‘Mother f—-er’ in times if anger. Is he a freak of nature or someone...