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 →
History
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 →
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 →
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 →
On Anticipating Big Things, Bombogenesis, and Barney
21 January 2014
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 →
The Tight Team o' 3 Starts the Next Stage of the Journey
06 January 2014
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 →
Just Because
14 June 2013
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 →
The Great Staycation
11 June 2013
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 →
Reviewing the History
10 March 2013
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 →
Crisis and Catastrophe and Telos
02 November 2012
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 →
Mother Guilt Attack
12 October 2012
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 →
Feast and Famine
11 October 2012
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 →
The Search For the Historical Charlie
08 October 2012
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 →
Fragmentary History
01 October 2012
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 →
We all remember
11 September 2012
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, the Good, the Miasma and Some Nostalgia
03 September 2012
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 →
Talking With Charlie!
30 July 2012
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 →