We Go With Him

25 years ago, I graduated from college in central New Jersey, never thinking a double sawbuck and a fiver's worth of years later that, after... Read more →

In the midst of writing quiz questions about Spartacus, I recalled how, the other night, I was giving Jim​ good reason to laugh at me... 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 →

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 →

Well, it's the (drumroll please) big night before Charlie starts at his new school. Kind of ironically, he would have missed quite a bit of... Read more →

After a short and sweet (25 minutes) meeting at 9am with the Special Education director and a case manager (he didn't identify himself as having... Read more →

Because of the photo obsession Charlie had when he was younger, we stowed the photos away in boxes in the basement. Because Charlie periodically went... Read more →

School ends next week for Charlie. He has had a few more incident reports in the past few weeks than he has for much of... Read more →

Saturday morning, Charlie woke at 4am, waited (fully alert) till I said 'walk?' at 5.45 and out we went. The bits of remaining snow on... Read more →

I guess a talky Hollywood historical drama might not be the obvious choice for a boy whose school curriculum does not include social studies and... Read more →

The landscape has become a maze of unexpectedness, trees on their sides, power lines pinned by branches and telephone poles, darkness without the traffic signals... Read more →

With no familiar haunts (school, fast food Mexican place) open -- I mean, it could be plenty worse, some 2 million people in New Jersey... Read more →

I'll always wish I hadn't thrown his Barney away. When Charlie was 7, it felt that it had to be, because of head-banging occurring along... Read more →

On an evening Wednesday walk with Charlie, I realized I was wearing exactly the same clothes I had on when I traveled last to Greece... Read more →

On Sunday, Jim and Charlie had two great bike rides, one local and one from Liberty State Park to Bayonne. It was raining or rainy... Read more →

So, Charlie got on the bus Monday morning with no issue and had a good day at school, a great bike ride, a last minute... Read more →

Charlie's been saying 'Miss Kathy' on and off. She was his teacher when he was 4-5 years old and I think he's said her name... Read more →

The bad news is that Charlie has discovered he can bang his iPad on the ceiling of his room, due to his height (also indicated... Read more →

Charlie and I had a 20 minute conversation last night! This is what he said. N.B.: All the words describe things and people from his... Read more →

Saturday it was Aunt Karen's funeral in Sacramento. I so wanted to be there, I feel very wrenched in my stomach thinking about it. But... Read more →