This blog chronicles one man's effort to feed himself and his family. It is written by John, a forty-two-year old journalist and father of two. His vocation is writing, his avocation is cartooning, and he often feels like he needs a vacation.
Stay at Stove Dad is published partially as in inspiration for other fathers, and primarily as a way for its author to remember what he ate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Dramits Personae has details on all the characters in his life, but to save visitors to this page the effort of having to click through to that, here it is, again:
Dramatis Personae
The Family
John: the father and author.
Nina: his five-year old.
Pinta: his three-year old.
Santa Maria: the wife and mother.
The Extended Family
The Abuelita: John's mother.
The GP and the GM, short for grand-père and grand-mère: Santa Maria's parents. (So christened because of the GM’s interest in giving scatological subjects a Continental veneer:she prefers that her grandchildren say “petard” for fart, and “caca” for poop.
The Friends
de Balboa: a Manhattan-based writer and fan of all things Italian.
Vasca Nuñez: his wife and the mother of their two young children.
Vespucci: a Manhattan-based writer and fisherman.
Ameriga: Vespucci's esteemed girlfriend and the mother of his youngest.
Jim Blandings: A professional musician with a country house.
Muriel Blandings: His wife.
(Some names have been changed to protect the innocent.)
