Curious, funny (okay, maybe funnier in person) fundraiser living in Ontario Canada, father of 3. II took parental leave with all of my kids, which means part-time, long distance parentdom is an interesting journey. My twins are in the early grades of elementary school and my teenager is in high school. 2 are on the autism spectrum. I share my personal thoughts on how I parent, how wonderful my kids are and how I see the world. I will happily talk to strangers in Starbucks. Strange interest in Watergate probably indicates I need therapy or more interests. Once upon a time, I took soviet studies in university and shortly thereafter the Berlin Wall came down. Do I think I had an impact on the Cold War? Did I mention I have red hair? I love coffee, Casablanca, history, Anthony Burgess novels and a few thousand other things.
Gingerheaddad
A redheaded dad writing about parenting, autism and the odd piece of stuff
Thanks for adding me to that list of Aspergers related people on Twitter. Wonderful to find people who aren’t posting link after link. Thanks too for nudging me a bit (even though you didn’t intend to) to join Twitter. Take care. Can you direct me to some of your favorite older posts you’ve written? Thanks.
~ Sam
I am pleased that you took the plunge into twitter and I hope it brings more attention to your wonderful posts. It’s a cool thing to stumble upon writing that is compelling like your blog is. I should warn you that I do post a fair number of links because I am in a couple of groups on Triberr.
Some of my favourite older posts? Here goes: the one about the Tooth Fairy, Bedtime Stories, Swimming Lessons, My Daughter’s Present and What’s Wrong with Just Being a Parent.
I admire you for how often you post and imagine that it must be exhausting because it takes me quite a bit to just post a couple of times a month.
Jim
Cool. When I have some time, I’ll pop over and read those. It can be exhausting to post everyday but the journey is worth it. I don’t mind if you twitter a lot. I won’t be on often. See “you” soon.
Oh, and thanks for the kind comments about my blog. I try to be compelling more so than whacko! LOL
Wait a minute! If whacko isn’t also compelling that I am not sure why anyone would listen to anything I say.
Hi Jim,
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Thanks,
Annette
I just nominated you for The Liebster Award! http://simpleijustdo.com/2013/03/12/liebster-award-thank-you/
Thank you so much. I am very grateful and I am going to get started on finding other blogs to nominate.
Love the ‘stache.