Tag: dad

• The Italian Service

  When I took my Dad to the wrong church service https://open.substack.com/pub/andrewwhalan/p/the-italian-service?r=4qppe&utm_medium=ios

  Andrew Whalan

  January 20, 2025

  Personal

  dad, Relationships

• Think What I Want (The Power of Lying)

  “What happened Cynthia?” “Tommy broke the swing. He jumped up and down, round and round, up and down, round and round, till it broke.” Mummy’s green eyes went black. She’s looking through me again. “Cynthia, are you lying to me?”  Mummy’s voice was in my head. Think nothing, say nothing, Mummy can’t hear me anyways. What about…

  Andrew Whalan

  March 26, 2018

  Stories

  brother, children fiction, dad, mum, Parenting, short story, sister

• I Grew Up A NewspaperMan

  I grew up a newspaperman. My dad was the editor of the Canowindra Star, the local paper in Canowindra New South Wales.  He wasn’t the grizzled editor from central casting : think of Perry White in Superman or Benjamin Bradlee in All the Presidents Men. No, he was my Dad (Kevin Whalan) : as he describes…

  Andrew Whalan

  December 2, 2015

  Personal

  Australia, canowindra, Canowindra Star, cowra, cowra guardian, dad, journalism, linotype, Newspaper