After a couple of months of reflection, I have come up with a new theme for this blog. I realized that I am a father first but I'm also a writer, a musician, a devout Anglo-Catholic, a history buff, a former Obama for America volunteer still following politics, and many other things besides.

The previous, sporadic posts on this site reflect this wide variety of interests—that won't be changing. In keeping with the new title, however, I plan to shift the focus to about 50 percent fatherhood and 50 percent everything else.

As far as my position with Examiner.com goes, I've come to the conclusion that my writing is not a good fit for their site and I am no longer writing as their Portland Stay-at-Home Dad Examiner. I plan to redirect the time and energy I had been devoting there to this blog.

I have also decided to keep the old posts and transform this site rather than scrapping it and starting over. Expect a far greater volume of posts over the next few weeks and months, ideally four of five a week once I get into a rhythm.

So welcome to Fatherhood Etc. I will strive to make it entertaining, enlightening, and only occasionally aggravating. I understand that few people will agree with everything I post, but I hope that everyone will find something of value here.