River Dad Christmas Trees

River Dad – Consider the Trees

  It is the holiday season, which means that by the time you read this I will have committed murder. My victim will be a tree, one that has never […] Read more »
River Dad's Silly Sandy Journal

River Dad – River Dad’s Silly Sandy Journal

Sunday, October 28, 2012 – 2:37 p.m. Superstorm/Hurricane Sandy is coming. I’m not that worried. Irene hit last year and we survived. Read more »

River Dad – A Very Manly River Dad

  The other day, I was waiting at the bus stop for my son to return home from first grade. This is a common event and one which I regularly […] Read more »
La Pere du Fleuve

River Dad-Le Père Du Fleuve

When I was younger, Spring Break meant wondering when I was going to finally make it down to Fort Lauderdale and experience one of those hedonistic weeks that only seem […] Read more »

What am I?

Early one weekend morning, my daughter sat down at the counter, pencil in hand, and asked the one question that every parent dreads.“Dad, what are you?” My first instinct was […] Read more »

Decorating Children

The Powers That Be (Madison Avenue, Illuminati, librarians, take your pick) decree that the Christmas season begins the instant your stomach digests the Thanksgiving turkey. Personally, I like to wait […] Read more »

Fear of Puberty

Puberty. The very word can send a parent running to the hills in terror. Puberty is the unholy gateway to adolescence. According to whispered stories told by shell-shocked parents behind  […] Read more »

Taking The Playland Plunge

I moved to the Rivertowns five years ago after having spent the last dozen or so years in and around Los Angeles. Throughout my twenties, I was less than an […] Read more »
Baseball, River Dad

Play Ball!

At some point last fall, my then-four-year-old son told me that he wanted to play baseball. Tears of joy streamed down my face. I love baseball. I have loved baseball […] Read more »

Archiving the Children

Each and every day after school, I unload my kids’ backpacks. I check to see what food drive, conference or school trip we have forgotten, empty out the crumbs, notice […] Read more »