http://www.datingdad.com/the_dating_dad/ I'm going to get it right one of these days. en-US Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:42:57 -0700 http://www.typepad.com/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification datingdad/OIcPhttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.datingdad.com/the_dating_dad/2009/11/ill-be-talking-about-and-signing-my-novel-on-saturday.html http://www.datingdad.com/the_dating_dad/2009/11/ill-be-talking-about-and-signing-my-novel-on-saturday.html I'm speaking about my new young adult/middle grades novel, Ray, reflected, at JAAMM Fest at the JCC in Denver On Saturday, November 7! Phillips Social Hall Doors open at 7PM. $5 General Admission Tickets: www.maccjcc.org More info on the Facebook event page, here. Should be a fun night. EricElkins Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:42:57 -0700 http://www.datingdad.com/the_dating_dad/2009/10/older-october-2009.html http://www.datingdad.com/the_dating_dad/2009/10/older-october-2009.html I didn’t plan on celebrating my birthday this month. I seriously considered disappearing for the weekend, dropping out, and laying low. I wouldn’t have Simone for the weekend (but I’d be able to collect her for a birthday dinner), I knew none of my friends had anything planned for me, and I wasn’t interested in drawing a lot of attention to the fact that I would be yet another year older. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the fact that life is good for me. But I find myself especially sensitive to the things that are slowly evaporating from possibility.... EricElkins Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:16:39 -0600 http://www.datingdad.com/the_dating_dad/2009/09/lessons-september-2009.html http://www.datingdad.com/the_dating_dad/2009/09/lessons-september-2009.html The shift was sudden and dramatic. Simone couldn’t ride her bike. And then she could. One second, she was coasting unsteadily, wobbling around and putting her feet down if she got going too fast. The next, she was tooling around the neighborhood. Something just...changed...and she could ride her bike. Of course, this change was after months—no, years—of unsuccessful attempts to teach Simone how to get around on her bike. To my shame, she grew out of her first bicycle before learning to ride it. Our first days, with training wheels and without, were fraught with bouts of frustration and fear... EricElkins Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:57:52 -0600