Category Archives: Life events
My son’s name (2)
As promised, here is a list of arguments people gave against our not passing on either of our surnames to our son, along with my responses. They either come from friends and acquaintances, or from responses to my Yahoo! Answers … Continue reading
Filed under Advice, Life events, Thoughts and rants
My son’s name
When we married, my wife didn’t take my last name. This didn’t bother me in the slightest; nor does it appear to have bothered anyone else. We did, however, think for quite a while about our children’s names, and when … Continue reading
Filed under Advice, Life events, Thoughts and rants
The Iorwerth Rowan Song
A lot has happened this year. Well, two things. But they were big things. In February I moved to New York and started a new job. Shortly before we left, we discovered that my wife was pregnant. Our son, Iorwerth … Continue reading
Filed under Life events, Silliness
Iori
Last Tuesday afternoon I got a text from my wife to say that she’d been having “some period pain type feelings. Not sure if it’s going to turn into anything more dramatic.” By Wednesday it had turned into this: He’s … Continue reading
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A sunny morning in Manhattan
I thought I might begin this week with a post of pictures showing the devastation Hurricane Irene wrought on my neighbourhood in Manhattan. But having gone out into a beautiful, cool, still, sunny morning, to see leaves on the pavements … Continue reading
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Acupuncture, induction, and why I don’t know how much to squirm
We’ve attended a few birth classes here in New York, and they’ve been very good. The first was just an introduction to the Birthing Center at Roosevelt Hospital, but it included some general advice about low-interventionist birth. The second was … Continue reading
Filed under Life events, Thoughts and rants
Experiences of Unitarianism?
One of the difficulties of moving to a new place is meeting people. This difficulty is heightened in a large city like New York, and heightened even more if (like my wife) you’re not working. We’re also expecting a baby … Continue reading
Filed under Humanism, Religion, Atheism etc., Life events
Where have I been?
I remember making a rash promise to post more on this blog and, in particular, to write a series of posts about my honeymoon. I haven’t done much of that for a while now. My excuse, as you would expect, … Continue reading
Filed under Life events, Travel
My honeymoon, or: how my wife and I visited 9 countries in 30 days.
The first in a series of posts about my honeymoon. In this post, I present a map of our route and a very general account of how we did it. Continue reading
Filed under Advice, Life events, Travel
How I got married
In which our hero recounts, briefly, the circumstances of his recent wedding and imparts advice to couples intending one day to get married themselves. Continue reading
Filed under Advice, Life events
