We Go With Him

On yet another gray, humid, rainy day here on Friday, Jim texted me that Charlie had successfully boarded the bus (and would go on to... Read more →

The result of removing that 'blue Disney' album from Charlie's iPad and the resulting storm and house clean-up? He did still ask for the missing... Read more →

The majority of the books you see are mine. They have been stacked in piles in a corner of our dining room since April, when... Read more →

Charlie has been listening to one Disney album over, over and over pretty much for the past few weeks so, having heard Phil Collins singing... Read more →

Monday saw a very smiley Charlie hopping off the bus and then, after waiting on the sidewalk for Jim to return, hopping a-bike. Jim steered... Read more →

After 21 miles of Sunday bike riding with his dedicated dad, Charlie, anticipating the start of another week, apparently thought it would be better to... Read more →

All of Friday was centered on Charlie's neurologist visit, which meant the whole day really came down to a 15 minute conversation in south Jersey.... Read more →

Visits to the neurologist don't, of course, last 7 hours but we did spend that amount of time in neurologist-related travel on Friday and managed... Read more →

Looks like rain and thunderstorms and general wetness are predicted for the next five days. Jim pshawed these predictions, saying "What's a little rain we're... Read more →

This time, there was some sushi for the buying at the grocery store. (Good thing the resident mom did the 'other' shopping for everything else.... Read more →

This photo was taken on Saturday, a day of lots of smiles for Charlie. The past three days have been edgier with thymic distress. Yesterday... Read more →

After Sunday's episode regarding shiny tan car #2, Jim got Charlie to get back on his bike and they finished their ride. Monday afternoon, Charlie... Read more →

Charlie has something of a photographic memory, selectively. Certain things -- a red spot of paint, a red box of brownies -- are fixed in... Read more →

Saturday morning, Jim took Charlie to the barbershop (it's 5 minutes from our house) not for a haircut but a shave. At an (actual) haircut... Read more →

Charlie, per his teacher's note home, was smiles all day on Friday (and, indeed, for a good part of the school week). After a breezy... Read more →

I'm reading Enuma Elish for my Friday mythology class and thinking about the primeval goddess Tiamut, 'watery chaos' -- that's certainly what you could call... Read more →

Just because the store is out of what you want (because your mom went to the same store earlier and bought all the sushi you... Read more →

Virgil, Eclogue I Meliboeus Tityrus, you recline beneath a beech's spreading shade, and practice at the woodland Muse upon your meagre reed, we are leaving... Read more →

After Charlie waited 90 minutes plus on the sidewalk looking for Jim to return from an appointment in the black car I got out the... Read more →

The Jersey horse country bike path that Jim and Charlie (and I) are so fond of offers multiple options. You can do 10-mile rides, or... Read more →