Noah Thorsen: stay-at-home-dad, cover band rockstar, open shirt enthusiast.
Ursula hopes to hide her candy haul from her father to avoid the dreaded “Dad Tax” in which Noah steals her precious peanut butter cups. Along the way, she runs into a few of the neighbors of whom the grownups in her life think Ursula is making up stories.
Meanwhile, Noah’s got band drama to contend with.
Noah Thorsen’s home and garden Let’s have a tour of Noah Thorsen’s house and garden, shall we? Well, first off: it’s not Noah’s house, he just lives there. It’s Ruth’s house… well, it’s her parents’ guesthouse, actually. Ruth moved in on her 18th birthday as a trial run for living on her own and she’s … Read moreNoah Thorsen’s garden, or: a brief history of Agnes’ lawn
This is a series of excerpts from a larger parody of an Atlantic profile of Bono I started and abandoned a while back. I’ve long been rolling my eyes at pseudo-intellectual Literary™ profiles of rock stars—I can remember as a kid reading some breathless Rolling Stone piece about Axl Rose where they visited him the … Read moreA bit more about Noah’s history
As Frank and Noah’s secret hoop house installation date approaches, Noah plays 4D diversion chess with Ursula and goats to throw Agnes off the trail.
Noah recounts getting dunked into the fountain at the BC Legislature by Ursula’s classmates on yesterday’s field trip… and hopes Ursula wasn’t in on it.
Noah muses on Ursula’s interest in old-time circuses and how to fit a circus class in with Ursula’s busy after-school schedule.
Noah muses on his guitarist Howie’s Vegas Valentine’s plans, plus Ursula’s got a clever plan for financial freedom this March.
Noah and Frank scheme to get a greenhouse added to the backyard despite Agnes’ insistence that there will be no greenhouse ever.
The dreary January weather has given Noah the blahs and needs the bright colour that only some crazy octopus fabric can give.
Two weeks into his annual New Year’s diet, Noah longs for a cheeseburger and contemplates just buying bigger leather pants.
