We Go With Him

I don't know exactly how many miles Charlie and Jim rode this year -- 4000-ish? it is less than in 2010 due (Jim surmises) to... Read more →

Somewhat unusually, Charlie has been doing quite a bit of sleeping during this winter break, taking a nap following a morning bike ride and lunch.... Read more →

We stayed entirely local on Thursday for bike rides and rides in the car. Charlie requested otherwise in the afternoon and was very crestfallen, and... Read more →

Jim took my parents to the airport on Wednesday morning and, before and after, Charlie had the usual, somewhat messy, struggles he has had, before... Read more →

The break from school has meant we've been spending some time 'just hanging' at home, time Charlie seems to be enjoying instead of always being... Read more →

Meg is the name of a leash-less dog who appeared, rummaging in the bushes, just before Jim and Charlie were about to get on their... Read more →

Yellow jackets were still in order for the two bike rides of Christmas but it's actually been positively balmy here with temperatures in 40s F/8... Read more →

Once upon a Christmas in California (click on photo to enlarge): Christmas Eve day, 2011, in New Jersey: Whatever you celebrate, wishing you as peaceful-easy-feeling... Read more →

Sometimes you have to just step back -- remembering the ER visits, the broken window in the pediatricians' waiting room, the screaming/wriggling/back-arching child you tried... Read more →

After shelling and deveining the prawns, my dad went to rest on the couch. Charlie stayed in the kitchen with my mom and watched as... Read more →

Jim picked up my parents at the airport and Charlie greeted them with a smile, unlike recent years when he has been in a super-high-anxiety... Read more →

It's blurry, but can your see that Charlie is smiling in this photo? He woke up at midnight on Monday night. And he went back... Read more →

Generally, when I see a yellow school bus, I instinctually slow down a little and look around, try to sneak a glance in the bus.... Read more →

And then came the lag on Sunday, after navigating through experiences novel and not so easy. It was also 28 degrees on Sunday morning and... Read more →

A journalist came to our house Saturday afternoon. He works for a large broadcasting network who had visited Charlie's school last week, along with other... Read more →

After a less than fortuitous start, Friday was a pleasant day. Jim drove to to Charlie's school for a special pancake breakfast (I had to... Read more →

Charlie woke at 6am on Thursday and was agitated, agitated. He wanted a walk; we said he should wait till calmer. He sat in the... Read more →

It just occurred to me that it's going to be Christmas in ten days and while I got an early start to most of my... Read more →

Software upgrades make things better, or so it's thought, and I hadn't done so for Charlie's iPad, knowing that the changes in the format would... Read more →

4.15am was when Charlie woke on Monday. He was good about going back upstairs and to sleep and then getting up for the bus but... Read more →