We Go With Him

I went to hear a lecture about comedy and community (by the professor who was my advisor in my junior year of college) on Thursday... Read more →

Jim and Charlie are walking to the psychiatrist's office in the photo on a street that reminds me of why I love Berkeley so much.... Read more →

In the midst of a heavy-duty perseveration episode in which Charlie said 'Berkeley' at least once every minute for over 2 hours last night, I... Read more →

At some time in the middle of last week it occurred to me to look at Charlie's school calendar, whereupon it hit me that this... Read more →

"Peak" is the latest new word to have entered Charlie's vocabulary and no wonder, living as we are now at the foot of the Berkeley... Read more →

A three-day weekend (for what I can only refer to as Indigenous Peoples' Day) calls for three straight days of riding on the Jersey country... Read more →

Very glad to say that Charlie handled a long weekend and a visit with and good-bye to my parents with a quite high count of... Read more →

With the word 'river,' repeatedly uttered, Charlie signaled he wanted a shorter Jersey horse country bike ride than we'd been planning for Saturday morning. In... Read more →

On Wedesday night I noted but didn't act quickly enough regarding the (in hindsight) obvious signs of distress Charlie was sending out: asking for Jim... Read more →

Somehow I went from having three recommendation letters to write to ten. Always glad to be asked! Writing energies will be directed thereto and some... Read more →

I texted a student on Friday morning and drove Charlie to school. He had a devil of a time going to sleep the night before,... Read more →

We drove down to the beach where we used to stay at the beach house on Saturday morning and drove on sandy streets and sand... Read more →

I get back from a morning run and Charlie hands me the timer and said 'timer.' I set it for 25 minutes and he runs... Read more →

My cousin's kids sent Charlie this très cool gift: A box of paper airplanes! I launched a few for Charlie and handed him one; he... Read more →

'Farm Families' is the name of a game that was one of Charlie's favorites and that he has been saying the phrase at decibel level-volume,... Read more →

At the start of the 21st century, it is expected that people can read. It is expected that, if they cannot read, they can be... Read more →

On Friday (21.12.12), Jim mailed off half the holiday presents (I'm still packing the rest) and exams are all graded though not all grades posted... Read more →

After what was probably his fastest-ever 16-mile ride on the Jersey horse country bike path ever, Charlie came home and slept for three hours. When... 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 →

Day 2 of school was as pleasant in an anticlimactic kind of way as the first day and in contrast to the eve of the... Read more →