While discussing dads who inspire me, and who might be a good interview subject, our good friend Dave Taylor’s name came up. It’s kind of a full circle moment, since Indra met Dave about 10 years ago at a Blog World conference. At the time, she came home saying “We have to start a blog.” […]
It’s been my privilege to be friends with Tommy Gomes for about ten years, and he truly is one of the dads who inspire me. We’ve been having breakfast together every Monday at Las Quatros Milpas for about eight years, one of San Diego’s original Mexican restaurants and the food is great. People from the […]
Another segment in the dads who inspire me series on the pod today. As with many friendships, Dave and I met because our kids went to the same school. Unlike our family, with one kid, Dave lives at the other end of the spectrum – with seven kids! We often wonder what life must be […]
Paul is launching a new series we’re excited about called Dads Who Inspire Me. Jon Bailey, from 2DadwithBaggage, a travel and lifestyle blog kicks it off. He has been a family friend for many years, in fact we are godparents to one of his daughters. He and his partner Triton are dads to two teen […]
While Paul was out changing his clothes during our initial video shoot to introduce Our Bird Has Flown our makeup artist, the lovely Natalie Bohlin, asked me about raising a kid. We got into it and unlike our more light-hearted videos, this one got a bit deep. I didn’t know if these would make the […]
A broad discussion about how Paul parented our son, the importance of letting kids struggle and some of the challenges when Dad is lead parent. In this episode you’ll find out about: Meeting other dads at the Dad 2.0 Summit who are lead parent How much things are changing as more dads are lead parent […]
In 1961 my father, Commander Jesse A. Bowers, was involved in a helicopter crash off San Diego. A married father of four and Navy physician, this accident changed the path of his life, and our family’s, entirely. My father was told he would never walk again. That was not an acceptable outcome for him. After […]
I explain my Grandmaster plan for a motorcycle trip.
In 1976 I heard a song that possibly changed my idea of fatherhood forever. Not that I was a father in 1976—I was a 16-year-old Service Station Technician, specializing in vehicle fuel distribution, windshield cleansing and maintenance, fatigued internal combustion petroleum replacement specialist, and motor vehicle tire replacement artist. I drove a beige 1969 […]
The Destination is Just the Excuse. Early in my career as Dad, I needed to give myself permission to use excuses for travel. I felt pretty strongly I needed to maximize the time our Our Bird and I spent together—I needed to teach him how to travel, to become interested in the world, and to […]