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Dear Jackrabbit #15 — The fight for 2017, and not forgetting 2016

Dear Jackrabbit, Allow me to introduce you to 2017. New year, baby. Baby, new year. (See what I did there?) Now that’s out of the way, let’s talk. We’re all looking forward to 2017 being a better year than 2016. … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit #14 — The meaning of Christmas

Dear Jackrabbit, Today is Christmas. Merry Christmas. You and your mother just left for church (your second time going to church in less than 12 hours as we went to the evening service late last night). It’s been a busy … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit #13 – Finding Your Voice (first words)

Dear Jackrabbit, This isn’t a deep letter about “finding your voice” as in discovering your unique way of communicating to the world about art or something like that. This is more about the fact that you have moved on making … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit ##12 – When Weekends Get Crazy

Dear Jackrabbit, It’s been a busy, busy weekend. You won’t remember it, of course. No biggie. You’re only, but not quite, three months old. Every now and then we have ourselves a busy weekend. Your mother and I have lots … Continue reading

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How We Spent Our Day

Pleased to announce that Jack and I had a rather successful first day without adult supervision. As I mentioned in a recent “Dear Jackrabbit”, Margaret has gone back to work and now we’ve entered the era of work-at-home dad for … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit ##11 – Back to Work!

Usually Dear Jackrabbit is posted on Sundays, but given this week’s topic, Monday is more apropos. Dear Jackrabbit, Today’s something of a special day. It’s mommy’s first day back at work. That means dad’s in charge! BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Okay, all kidding … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit #10 – How Do Birds Fly and other questions answered ahead of time

Dear Jackrabbit, I recently had an occasion to sit with two young children (maybe 4 and 5) for a bit of time, and was asked a lot of questions. A lot of questions. While I think I handled all of … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit #9 – Fatherly Advice On Driving and Cooking

Dear Jackrabbit, Now we dispense with some more fatherly advice on topics varied and sundry–this time, topics related to cars and driving, and topics related to cooking. Some of this is advice my dad gave me, some is stuff I … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit #8 – On Recent Events

Dear Jackrabbit, So it looks like I’m going to get political here after all. Even though I post these letters on Sundays, I’m writing this on Wednesday and posting it on Thursday because I, like parents all over the country, … Continue reading

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Dear Jackrabbit #7 – Television. Get Used To It.

Dear Jackrabbit, Today’s letter is going to be one of those in which I talk about how different some of our life experiences are and are going to be. More specifically, we’re going to talk about… television. Why bring this … Continue reading

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