It was a 28 mile kind of day. 18 of those miles were done at a magnificent motoring-it-up pace on the Jersey horse country trail... Read more →
August 2010
Charlie and Jim did 15 miles in 90 minutes on the D & R Canal in central Jersey, ending up at Lake Carnegie. I should... Read more →
Will this be my last vaccine post ever?
30 August 2010
One can only hope. Here's the post over Care2.com, Vaccines Don't Cause Autism, No They Don't. Read more →
Sunday we ventured into Springsteen country for another 14-miler. I'm getting sorely tempted to dub this summer's staycation Charlie and Jim's Excellent Adventure on the... Read more →
In a public restroom, I was waiting to wash my hands. There were two children at the sink, a boy and a girl, both dark-haired.... Read more →
Jim and Charlie went for a 23-mile bike ride today in New Jersey horse country (they even had to stop for some horses). No photo... Read more →
We went to the beach yesterday, for the first time in almost one and a half weeks---a bit of a long hiatus for a beachy... Read more →
Another day, another bike ride in another part of New Jersey. The ride started in Kevin Smith territory after we made, appropriately enough, a stop... Read more →
17 miles, that is, on the bike trail in Jersey horse country yesterday morning for Jim and Charlie. I don't have a photo because I... Read more →
Charlie picked up the phrase 'raining'---sometimes he says 'it's raining' or (bonanza! a whole sentence) 'it is raining,' with a big accent on the 'rain'... Read more →
Charlie came running up the stairs from the basement with a huge smile Saturday evening and something in his hand. I asked if I could... Read more →
Charlie, and we, slept in Saturday morning. Jim and I were glad about this---Charlie has been maintaining what is pretty much his usual school wake-up... Read more →
We were on our way to Jersey horse country for a bike ride yesterday morning and ended up taking a slightly different route. We knew... Read more →
Autistic children are slower to integrate multiple stimuli than same-age children whose development is more typical, according to a recently published study in Autism Research.... Read more →
It's turning into a Have Bike Rack Will Tour kind of summer for us. When we had a bike rack put on the back of... Read more →
On average, 'incident reports' get sent home in Charlie's school communication book about two times per week. These offer a brief account of whatever happened,... Read more →
Monday we (or at least two-thirds of our tight team o' three) were on the water: and in the water: We are very lucky to... Read more →
Jim discovered that the tree-shaded bike path he and Charlie have been biking on in Jersey horse country goes in the opposite direction for quite... Read more →
The ocean was just as Charlie loves it yesterday: Active. The waves were rough with lots of foam, and big and trough-y, so you could... Read more →
I have added a list of blog-friends, Fellow Travelers & Commadres in Autismland, over in the right sidebar-->. I linked to some of your blogs... Read more →