The girl is not that happy in her ballet classes. They are cheap, which makes me happy, but poorly structured–she, a 4-year-old, is lumped in with mostly 3-year-olds, and that means she has a hard time making friends in the class. No friends = little motivation to go. I’m not normally a fan of taking …
Author Archives: Nathan
Welcome, Frugal Traveler Fans
Just like you, we here at DadWagon (who have toiled alongside Matt Gross, aka the Frugal Traveler, these long months) have also been happily following Matt’s career. We four DadWagon writers are paid only in pixie dust and sexual favors [ed. note: speak for yourself], so we are glad that Matt has a robust for-money …
Fatherhood According to Tolstoy
This was a long trip I just got back from, and I needed a thick book to keep me company–in this case, because I had plenty of driving to do, a lengthy audiobook. And few are longer than the 32-hour English translation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. I’ve had a fitful relationship with Russian literature. …
The Absent Herr Thornburgh
Yes, I haven’t been around much this week (or last) on DadWagon. I would fear that my co-bloggers might dock my pay, if indeed there were any pay here at all. It’s not that I haven’t been thinking about kids; in fact, my kids have been very heavy on the mind as I’m traveling through …