First, Charlie finished out the last days of his teenage-year decade and opened up the one he'll spend his twenties in with a solid 18... Read more →
Bike
Match! redux. Go Bucs. Read more →
Charlie's Winter Break began on Wednesday, December 16th. This is to say, there was no school for 19 days, in (I am quite sure) the... Read more →
There have been times when, on looking over the photos I have been posting during my time on the Internets, I have realized it looks... Read more →
It happened that the date for Charlie's school prom this year fell on his 18th birthday so, after white cake/white frosting mini-cupcakes (many) at school,... Read more →
We are reading a book called Epitaph For a Peach in my Basic Skills English class. It recounts the season in and season out work... Read more →
It's Spring Break for Charlie (no longer for me -- that was last week and a couple of weeks ago and Jim is still on... Read more →
If you're going to be an online Classics adjunct
15 January 2015
-- and also teach two community college composition courses, it is not a bad idea to get up from your desk and leave the medical... Read more →
Tech Is An Ancient Greek Word After All
24 December 2014
Now Google Glass is getting into the take-technology-and-develop-it-for-autistic-children market. The apps a company is making are for "children with moderate to high-functioning autism, though it... Read more →
You should have seen the look on Jim's face when I told him that the U.S. and Cuba will restore diplomatic relations. He is a... Read more →
One Thing That Happened in 2014
09 December 2014
It's not the story of the year but I have to say, I am very very glad that I am now going on (tagging along?... Read more →
Move Along
11 November 2014
Me bringing up the rear behind Jim and Charlie on bike rides is still something of a novelty. They ride side by side in a... Read more →
A New Twist to the Established Way of Things
21 September 2014
When Jim taught 6-year-old Charlie to ride a bike, we never thought he and Charlie would do, as they have so far, 35,000 miles (plus).... Read more →
The Wrong Bike and the Food Truck Burrito
29 June 2014
Most of our days follow the same routines. Weekends, that means Charlie wakes up and we load up the bikes and drive over, per his... Read more →
Three Days of Birthday and Then Back to Business
18 May 2014
We certainly did not intend to celebrate Charlie's 17th birthday for three days in a row, especially given his historical need for lowkeying birthdays. But... Read more →
If You Ride a Bike For Miles and Miles and Miles and Miles
12 April 2014
After a bike (Charlie's bike, in particular) has been ridden for thousands and thousands of miles, it is inevitable that it shows some signs of... Read more →
"He Never Said No To a Bike Ride"
29 March 2014
That is Jim's mantra and we put it into operation on a rainy Saturday. It seems our new thing is , in response to Charlie's... Read more →
There's An I.D. Card in Charlie's Pocket and other reasons why riding bikes with him isn't like riding with any other teenager
23 March 2014
It occurs to me that if you read only the most recent posts of this blog, you'd think Charlie does little other than ride his... Read more →
From Here To There
22 March 2014
From the McDonalds in Millbrae, Charlie and Jim went down El Camino Real (the name smacks of the conquistadors but it's all suburban commerce in... Read more →
Rainy Days Can Get You Down But Bikes Are Always For Riding
09 February 2014
It's been raining pretty much non-stop since Friday here. I suspect all this rain (much-needed, given the drought emergency) was a reason for Charlie's week... Read more →