American Pioneer

     People are stupid.     I'm sitting at Atlanta International Airport, - one of the largest and businest airports in the world.  ...

It has a been...a quiet time. A Dreamtime. For the First Fans - we have lost three in sixty days. The Big Man was the first to go. ...

  Second half.  As the California "stay at home" orders continue to escalate with the returning surge of Covid-19, the desire to ...

  The Covid-19 pandemic is beginning to affect productivity.   I sleep in shifts now, maybe four to five hours at most. I rar...

  Last week, the offices of grantmadden.com did an upgrade of the laptops. One of the newest arrivals is a Dell Insperion.  I...

>   Happy Birthday Chickybabe   Today, my eldest daughter turns 31.   When I was 31 her mother and I had separated, and I ...

                  It is twelve years today since I last saw my youngest daughter, Sarah. At the time, she was twelve years and ...

  I write.   I write about my children, about Parental Alienation, about the unfairness in the post divorce world towards Fathers. B...

  Some time ago, probably months, I had a Dear Old Friend write of their current relationship.   "They won't leave me....

  Happy birthday Chickybabe.   Today, my eldest daughter, turns 30.   When I was 30, I was already separated, on the cusp of div...

  It is the early hours of Easter Sunday morning. The sun has just risen, the light is still soft across the county, and I am worki...

  First Fans will be aware that the month of January has not been...favorable. Aside from the surgery, sleep has been hard to come by ...

  Thanksgiving is upon us, and shortly, Christmas. Between the two is my father's birthday.   I am grateful for my Father's hea...

  There are moments in time, where everything changes. When you know that nothing will ever be the same again. Sometimes, you get r...

In a few days, I will be celebrating a birthday. When I was a new Dad, birthdays were events that were planned weeks in advance. Tra...

The Major Project. I will have a major book release by the time my life is over. Not for the money. Not so I can walk into a book...

My father turns 75 today. A milestone birthday, and this year, I was away, once again. What can I say, my father is better Dad th...

In Australia, it is November 17, and my youngest child turns 21 today. It has been 4 years to the day since we last spoke on the phon...

When I was a child, my parents divorced. As a teenager I visited my father at his place of work one time and saw a photograph of my brot...

Some days are harder than others. The writers copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and Miracles arrived today. I cannot even l...