Cranky Dad: Fatherhood, Life and Otherwise
Ali NooraniIt is a big world with lots to talk about. And I am now an old-man-girl-dad. So, I’ve started a Substack so I can share my latest take on fatherhood, life and otherwise. Come for the bitterness, stay for the recipes.
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It Feels Personal This Year
Twenty-five years later and this is as good as we can be?
My favorite summer 2026 pic
With one eye on the road, LB snapped open her flip phone and punched in a number. Went straight to voicemail. She sighed, bit her lip, looked ahead and...
Matter of Perspective
I had to put down the Cranky Dad pen for a minute. Felt like I was writing the same thing over and over again. And since it felt stale, I figured it was stale. So I took a beat to reassess. (And to travel and to move and to chase Anisa.) So...
Bye-Bye Butterfly
Nearly every Friday, Anisa’s pre-school has parents surprise the students as the week’s “mystery reader.” Toya went early in the Spring and was a hit. (No surprise.) I nabbed one of the last slots of the year, intending to swap Little Blue...
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Yea, the three’s are a thing. Oof.
Screen Time
I’m old enough to remember the days when we thought video calls were as unlikely as flying cars. Growing up, I could not imagine that phone, tethered to the wall, linked by a curly cord, wou...
Daddy, are you happy?
Winter 2026 – our first in Boston as a family – has been Anisa’s Frozen life. Movie, soundtrack and actual snowmen. So, yea, haven’t written for a while. But I’ve decided I need to get back to pounding out a few ‘graphs of bad grammar a nig...
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Author of a couple books, like to think I do good things for work, now trying to keep my head above water as an old-man-girl-dad. Thoughts, prayers and subscriptions welcome as I share stories from life as a new father on the back end.
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