Comments on: Interspecies Fatherhood http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/ Personal website of author Doug Fine Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:08:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Annika http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1760 Annika Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:02:29 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1760 Congratulations, Papa! Congratulations, Papa!

]]> By: Jinya http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1761 Jinya Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:14:31 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1761 Shakira. For evidence of her goatiness, I suggest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-3brRCRsA8 Shakira.

For evidence of her goatiness, I suggest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-3brRCRsA8

]]> By: gaile http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1763 gaile Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:03:20 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1763 Dolores, for Dolores O'Riordan of the cranberries is my suggestion. Plus Dolores just sounds like a goat name. Congratulations on becoming a goatdad! I'd suggest chocolate & fig for your first ice cream. :) Dolores, for Dolores O’Riordan of the cranberries is my suggestion. Plus Dolores just sounds like a goat name. Congratulations on becoming a goatdad! I’d suggest chocolate & fig for your first ice cream. :)

]]> By: Will http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1765 Will Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:34:53 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1765 Congratulations Doug! And I think Bjork is a fine name for a goatling. Congratulations Doug!

And I think Bjork is a fine name for a goatling.

]]> By: bijou http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1766 bijou Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:37:40 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1766 Congratulations goat-daaa-aaad!! Just think how you're going to feel when you're an intraspecies dad! Wow. How about Janis or Joan? They seem to go with Bob...or Petula! Congratulations goat-daaa-aaad!!

Just think how you’re going to feel when you’re an intraspecies dad! Wow.

How about Janis or Joan? They seem to go with Bob…or Petula!

]]> By: becky http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1781 becky Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:57:28 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1781 congrats to you and nat! beautiful birth story! btw, i really enjoyed reading farewell, my subaru and am now laughing and smiling my way thru your previous alaska mountain man book. i greatly admire and respect the path you are taking! and i very much enjoy reading about your progress while plugging along with my own smaller efforts toward more sustainable living. congrats to you and nat! beautiful birth story!

btw, i really enjoyed reading farewell, my subaru and am now laughing and smiling my way thru your previous alaska mountain man book.

i greatly admire and respect the path you are taking! and i very much enjoy reading about your progress while plugging along with my own smaller efforts toward more sustainable living.

]]> By: Jamie from Maine http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1786 Jamie from Maine Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:41:02 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1786 Congrats!! Congrats!!

]]> By: Jerry http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1788 Jerry Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:00:32 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1788 for the girl, how 'bout "butt (or butte) middler" (sp?) sorry we missed you in Boulder. We had driven down from Ft Collins to see you, just had the day wrong. We are currently living off-grid in the foothills behind Ft Collins, using a total of 200 gallons of propane a year for supplement heat, supplemental "E" (generator), cooking and clothes dryer (seldom used). "Off-grid" here is PV panels, active and passive solar with a Finnish wood stove for heating in the dead of winter. Most comfortable house we have ever lived in. Now, inspired by your book, we need to look at sourcing food locally and our fossil fuel consumption associated with transportation. I have my own diesel "ROAT" that is the "ranch" truck along with winter plowing duties. Slightly afraid of the conversion as it lives outside at 7000' and has no garage. Starting even on dino-diesel can sometimes be a chore in the winter. Completely lost it over your rattlesnake encounter. Had my own "incident" on my hands and knees under the deck and heard/saw/smelled/felt them everywhere the next 2 months. Amazing what a little 12" creature can do to your day! Anyway, loved your book. Hopefully, if we all tell our story in a kind and humorous way (as you have done), we, as a country, can begin to "get it." for the girl, how ’bout “butt (or butte) middler” (sp?)

sorry we missed you in Boulder. We had driven down from Ft Collins to see you, just had the day wrong.

We are currently living off-grid in the foothills behind Ft Collins, using a total of 200 gallons of propane a year for supplement heat, supplemental “E” (generator), cooking and clothes dryer (seldom used). “Off-grid” here is PV panels, active and passive solar with a Finnish wood stove for heating in the dead of winter. Most comfortable house we have ever lived in.

Now, inspired by your book, we need to look at sourcing food locally and our fossil fuel consumption associated with transportation. I have my own diesel “ROAT” that is the “ranch” truck along with winter plowing duties. Slightly afraid of the conversion as it lives outside at 7000′ and has no garage. Starting even on dino-diesel can sometimes be a chore in the winter.

Completely lost it over your rattlesnake encounter. Had my own “incident” on my hands and knees under the deck and heard/saw/smelled/felt them everywhere the next 2 months. Amazing what a little 12″ creature can do to your day!

Anyway, loved your book. Hopefully, if we all tell our story in a kind and humorous way (as you have done), we, as a country, can begin to “get it.”

]]> By: Neal Locke http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1814 Neal Locke Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:46:23 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1814 If you're going to name one Dylan, the other one has got to be Woody (as in Guthrie). Woody Guthrie doesn't sound like a goat -- goats sound like Woody Guthrie. If you’re going to name one Dylan, the other one has got to be Woody (as in Guthrie).

Woody Guthrie doesn’t sound like a goat — goats sound like Woody Guthrie.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1815 Rebecca Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:43:43 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1815 I agree with Jerry, that she should be named Bette (Midler). I heard you on the radio this morning (103.7 The Mountain, Seattle). I really respect you for all that you're doing for the environment. All I can muster lately, is switching out normal light bulbs for those twisty ones. Anyway. Kudos to you. I agree with Jerry, that she should be named Bette (Midler).

I heard you on the radio this morning (103.7 The Mountain, Seattle). I really respect you for all that you’re doing for the environment. All I can muster lately, is switching out normal light bulbs for those twisty ones.

Anyway. Kudos to you.

]]> By: Francisco http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1853 Francisco Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:54:48 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1853 Congratulations for your babies!!! You have a reader in Mexico. I don't like Dolores name, sorry. In spanish means pains, literally. Why not: Nena. Is a spanish term for a little girl, like the Raramuri's of the chivas' encounter. Greetings... Congratulations for your babies!!!

You have a reader in Mexico. I don’t like Dolores name, sorry. In spanish means pains, literally.

Why not: Nena. Is a spanish term for a little girl, like the Raramuri’s of the chivas’ encounter.

Greetings…

]]> By: michelle http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1855 michelle Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:24:59 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1855 Baby goaties!! Yay! Technically, this makes you a GRANDfather, no? Girl-goatie name? How 'bout Stevie? Baby goaties!! Yay! Technically, this makes you a GRANDfather, no?

Girl-goatie name? How ’bout Stevie?

]]> By: Tropics http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1876 Tropics Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:47:29 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1876 Mazel Tov Mazel Tov

]]> By: Katie http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1886 Katie Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:11:42 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1886 How about joss, for joss stone How about joss, for joss stone

]]> By: Maria http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1938 Maria Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:30:04 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1938 Oh ! The goat babies are just beautiful - congratulations!! Sorry that you missed the event... but on the positive side, Nat looks like she is taking everything in stride -- she seems to be glowing with a "yeah, no big deal" attitude. I agree that Janis would be a great girl goat baby name. Oh ! The goat babies are just beautiful - congratulations!! Sorry that you missed the event… but on the positive side, Nat looks like she is taking everything in stride — she seems to be glowing with a “yeah, no big deal” attitude.

I agree that Janis would be a great girl goat baby name.

]]> By: bijou http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1990 bijou Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:07:10 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1990 I was just thinking, isn't your dog's name Sadie? Was she named after a dog-like singer? I was just thinking, isn’t your dog’s name Sadie? Was she named after a dog-like singer?

]]> By: OrgoCowboy http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1991 OrgoCowboy Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:37:36 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1991 Nope, she was a rescue dog and already named. Pretty name, though! Nope, she was a rescue dog and already named. Pretty name, though!

]]> By: Melissa http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1994 Melissa Thu, 01 May 2008 03:49:24 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-1994 My husband just suggested Janis, as did Bijou, I see. Fits pretty well with Bob. :) Mazel Tov to you, Natalie and the kids!! My husband just suggested Janis, as did Bijou, I see. Fits pretty well with Bob. :)

Mazel Tov to you, Natalie and the kids!!

]]> By: becky http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-2438 becky Thu, 08 May 2008 00:25:34 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-2438 perhaps in honor of the book tour- berkeley for the girl and seattle for the boy? or, a real throwback- elvis and priscilla? perhaps in honor of the book tour- berkeley for the girl and seattle for the boy?

or, a real throwback- elvis and priscilla?

]]> By: Helena & Jeff http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-3172 Helena & Jeff Sun, 18 May 2008 15:40:00 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-3172 CONGRATS Gr-a-a-a-n-n-n-n-d-a-a-a-d-y! ;-) We agree with MICHELLE; " Stevie", for Stevie Nicks. Trite, but true. ;-) Or just call her "Stevia", because she will undoubtedly be very sweet. :-) Jeff and Helena, out west, in Grant County CONGRATS Gr-a-a-a-n-n-n-n-d-a-a-a-d-y! ;-)

We agree with MICHELLE; ” Stevie”, for Stevie Nicks. Trite, but true. ;-)
Or just call her “Stevia”, because she will undoubtedly be very sweet. :-)

Jeff and Helena,
out west, in Grant County

]]> By: KERI MARIE http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-3231 KERI MARIE Fri, 23 May 2008 21:03:16 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2008/04/22/interspecies-fatherhood/#comment-3231 Stevie is a beautiful choice. Everyone should have a goat called Stevie. Goats for everyone! Stevie is a beautiful choice. Everyone should have a goat called Stevie. Goats for everyone!

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