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Tag: family

  • A white-haired woman sitting on a comfortable chair holding a mug.

    [Bloganuary] Attachment

    Many children have a comfort toy, blanket or similar that they're incredibly attached to. But I never had anything like that: I wonder why?

    Read more (349 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 10 January, 2024
  • Dan, wearing a black jumper, sits on a green chair in a brightly-decorated bedroom. On his chest, a 2-year-old girl has fallen asleep, clutching a woolen yellow blanket and with her thumb in her mouth.

    Normal for Children

    The natural state of a child is to assume that their upbringing, their family, and thier community is representative and normal, so we all end up growing up with learned "quirks" that we don't discover until they're challenged. How many do you still harbour?

    Read more - about 4 minutes (818 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 20 May, 2023
  • Image representing post: Dog; Person [Video]

    Dog; Person [Video]

    Video version of Dan's blog post about learning to love a dog despite being "not a dog person".

    Read more (39 words)

    • Video
    • 1 comment
    • posted 17 August, 2022
  • Under bright blue skies and in a green field, Dan and Demmy stare into the camera. Dan's flushed from the heat and wearing a purple-and-rainbow "WordPress Pride" t-shirt; Demmy's tongue hangs low and she's clearly panting.

    Dog; Person

    He's not a "dog person", but Dan's learned to love one dog in particular.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (790 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 17 August, 2022
  • Image representing post: Xday Dinner on a Yday???

    Xday Dinner on a Yday???

    Reminded of his sister's Family Vlog, Dan throws together a compilation reel of a particular running gag.

    Read more (67 words)

    • Video
    • posted 14 October, 2021
  • Family down a cave.

    Holidays in the Age of COVID

    Dan takes a three-week block off work and does many, many things with his family.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (940 words)

    • Article
    • posted 15 August, 2021
  • Members of Dan's family hunt through the ivy of a tree.

    Found GC4F48A Wasted Treasure or Faded Relic?

    This checkin to GC4F48A Wasted Treasure or Faded Relic? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An extended search by me, fleeblewidget, our kids, my mother, my sisters, their friends, and their kids eventually found this well-concealed container. Thanks for the history lesson, greetings from Oxfordshire, and TFTC!

    Read more (32 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC4F48A
    • posted 31 July, 2021
  • Annabel and John holding a tube-shaped cache container.

    Found GC7TY87 A walk in Moor Park

    This checkin to GC7TY87 A walk in Moor Park reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Easy find (thanks to the clue in a recent log) while walking with fleeblewidget, our kids, and some of my family. Log too wet to sign. TFTC.

    Read more (27 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC7TY87
    • posted 31 July, 2021
  • Dan and the kids in a bed at a hotel.

    Lichfield

    Dan, Ruth, JTA and the kids go to Lichfield and it's great, perhaps mostly because they never get to go anywhere, lately.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (608 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 19 July, 2021
  • Having Kids In Our Poly Triad by Sara Valta title showing picture of two men and a woman hugging the outline of a baby

    Having Kids In Our Poly Triad by Sara Valta






    Sara’s back! You might remember a couple of years ago she’d shared with us a comic on her first year in a polyamory! We’re happy to have her back with a slice of life and a frank n’ real conversation about having kids in her Poly Triad relationship.

    This sort of wholesome loving chat is …

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    • Repost
    • posted 6 January, 2021
  • Pendragon Castle

    Found GC1YHN9 Lady Anne’s Highway: Pendragon

    This checkin to GC1YHN9 Lady Anne’s Highway: Pendragon reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. First find of 2020. Came out for a New Year's Day walk with extended family whom we're visiting and decided to visit the ruin. Checked for nearby caches and spotted this one. Took some finding as …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC1YHN9
    • posted 1 January, 2020
  • Image representing post: Handshake Lessons for Sarah

    Handshake Lessons for Sarah

    Dan's sister Sarah has the worst handshake ever. Let's try to fix that.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (7 words)

    • Video
    • posted 28 December, 2019
  • Reply to @ADumbGreyHam

    Dan replies to Adam's tweet about Dan's dad's public transport legacy.

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    • Reply
    • 1 comment
    • posted 15 October, 2019
  • The twins, excited, in the hot tub.

    Heading back by train from a holiday in Derbyshire with @bornvulcan, @Crusty_Twobags, @fleeblewidget, @TheGodzillaGirl, @LadyJemma_, @Andrewsean85, and others. This trip must have been under some kind of curse...

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    • Note
    • 4 comments
    • posted 31 July, 2019
  • Image representing post: Oranges and Lemons

    Oranges and Lemons

    Our eldest sings a classic song.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (6 words)

    • Video
    • posted 22 April, 2019

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