What Daddy Had To Say is a unique portrait of a psyche
processing an active life through the prism of mind, heart,
body and soul using what the author, Tennyson, calls
thoughtographs^® — a stream of original reflections, poems,
epigrams, adages and vignettes. The wordplay and
concepts are compact, unusually insightful, funny at times,
and meaningful, exploring themes such as nature,
parenting, work, passion, love, life, death … and more.

Tennyson was inspired to compile his book of
thoughtographs^® by his daughter Mieke, who as a young
girl would often complain that daddy took too long to
explain things. For him, writing What Daddy Had To Say was
both therapeutic and informative in helping his self-
definition and self-understanding. It is his way of sharing
with his daughter observations about life — his imaginings,
insights, frustrations, joys and humor, his life-evolving
experiences — especially that of being her father.