We Go With Him

Further proof that Dr. Chew Cannot Draw. Evidence from earlier times. (I also can't sing, which has not stopped me from regaling a Latin student... Read more →

After picking me up from BART and on the way uphill to my parents' house, Charlie turned on a few songs from the Beach Boys,... Read more →

Sometimes all one can do is what I'm doing right now, sit in a corner of the black couch by the front door and watch... Read more →

In anticipation of a visit from my parents, Charlie is having a bout of insomnia, proof that mind can work over matter -- over getting... Read more →

I finally got around to putting Arcade Fire on Charlie's iPad last year after the cameraman from the BBC (they were making this film; Charlie's... 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 →

As you've no doubt noticed, posting times, and posting generally, here have become erratic. The reason is, as routinely noted because it is become the... Read more →

Wednesday was Charlie's third day on a wave of not sleeping. He did go to sleep after 3am, after hollering for his iPad and yelling... Read more →

At 3am, after a night of snacking, video watching, lying down and seeming to be asleep as it was very quiet in his room, getting... Read more →

23 1/2 miles on the bikes, 3 miles of walks, on a cooler breezy Sunday. More voices and presences in the house. Nervousness, some tears... Read more →

To the unschooled, the progress that someone (this would be Charlie, who had a good school day on Monday though he was very tired) has... Read more →

Friday night, Charlie summoned me to his room ('tickle, mommy'), pulled up the new Barney album I had just put on his iPad Thursday and... Read more →

There were some whimpers (it it still hot just not as hot) but a Jersey horse trail bike path ride is always a good thing.... Read more →

I put an Arcade Fire album on Charlie's iPad in January. He did not try once to listen to it till late Thursday night after... Read more →

For the first time in some days, Charlie asked to 'type b teletubbies.' It was around midnight. It was also the first night in a... Read more →

Charlie was up at 5am this Saturday morning. Actually, he may have been up since 2.30 am as I heard sounds from his room then;... Read more →

At 10am on Saturday, Charlie ran down the stairs to check in on Jim and me, and then promptly wrapped himself back in his blanket... Read more →

I went to see my students performing 'Hairspray': An hour and a half of near-straight music. I came home to Charlie standing on the sidewalk... Read more →

Sunday is always an anticipatory day for Charlie as he readies himself for Monday and the return to school. Charlie being Charlie, the anticipating starts... Read more →

Jim has a sixth sense for Charlie's internal states and moods and always has one eye on the rear view mirror when driving with Charlie... Read more →