Tag Archives: parenting

Goal Post: Surviving the ‘Common’ Cold

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

This week didn’t go as planned.  Started by me feeling off on Monday, but thinking it was just a little cold.  By the evening, I was in bad shape and ended up having to take two days off to recover.  … Continue reading →

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Top 5 of 2024- #3 7 Tips to Writing Father and Son Relationships

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

This post originally went live on April 24, 2024. Being a single father, I think about the father/son relationship a lot.  Mostly because I’m always hoping I’m doing right by my own son.  This gets tougher when I see fiction … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: The Week Didn’t Kill Me, But Not For Lack of Trying

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Panic attacks were the theme of the week.  All happening around 3 am and preventing me from getting back to bed before work.  I could have used Zzzquil to help, but I’m trying to not go back on that after … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Still Not Done Gift Shopping

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Where to start? Oh, I got it. The wind needs to call the fuck down! There was a day where the temperature was 40 F, but the wind chill brought it down to 17 F.  I didn’t realize how bad … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Week of Turkey and New Computer

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

I didn’t get as much writing done this week as I had hoped.  Have only myself to blame since I only got 1.75 chapters of Darwin & the Demon Game edited.  I thought I would have more time during the week, so … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: It’s Wet and Cold and I Don’t Like It

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Well, I got to do a little mall walking in the morning before work.  It’s okay when I can’t make it to the park due to the weather.  Quite a few people are doing it, but they’re doing circuits while … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Things Happened And Now I’m Here

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This week was crazier than expected and I’m not counting the election results in that statement.  Not going to get into that chaos . . . Again.  Anyway, I’ll try to recap a week where nothing writing-wise got done. Look, … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Halloween Aftermath

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

I actually wore a costume for Halloween since the class was doing a theme.  Minions was chosen, but I knew I wouldn’t reuse anything with a Minion on it.  Instead, I went with my idea for last year, which I … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Progress in the Cold and Darkness

Posted on October 19, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This week didn’t go exactly as planned and I partially blame the weather.  It got cold about halfway through and the sun is going down earlier.  Makes it hard to take walks for exercise, relaxation, solitude, and Pokemon Go.  This … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: First Thing is To Make It Through Yom Kippur

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

The title will tell you what I’m doing today.  For those who don’t know any Jews, Yom Kippur is one of the High Holy Days.  It is when we stop eating at sundown and don’t eat again until sundown the … Continue reading →

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