We Go With Him

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 →

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 →

-- 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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 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 →

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 →