We Go With Him

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 →

I feel like such a Luddite but I really do prefer actual, real, physical, tangible, can-mark-with-a-pencil-or-pen, paper books. For teaching languages, an e-book is dreadfully... Read more →

My family's preferred spectator sport is (American) football (for teams on the East Bay -- silver & black attack and, most of all, Cal Berkeley)... Read more →

A 40+ mile weekend of bike riding, including 1,2,3 rides (2 locals + Bayonne to Jersey City) on Sunday. Yawning at 8pm and up till... Read more →

Good thing I suggested to Jim to forego going to the gym Friday morning. He and Charlie had clocked in twelve miles on their bikes... Read more →

On a Sunday morning walk (I lost count of how many we've done; there were 3 Saturday with the last at a powerfully fast pace,... Read more →

My grandfather, my mother's father, was quite the athlete. He played tennis and rode his bike into, I think, his seventies (unfortunately, he got into... Read more →

It's been 8 bike rides for a total of 60 miles since Friday for Jim and Charlie. 5 1/2 hours of me waiting in line... Read more →

Sleep or no sleep, Saturday was a 28 mile day. 1 mile walk after Charlie woke at 9am. 16 miles on the Jersey horse country... Read more →

16 miles on the Jersey horse country (as in dressage and such) bike trail!. Plus 3 walks (of about a mile each) with our long... Read more →

On the first day of summer 2012, Charlie was up before 5am. How else to fit in 3 walks and 2 bike rides for a... Read more →

At about a quarter to 9pm on Sunday night, Charlie asked for a bike ride. Fortunately, we are accumulating a good bit of bike equipment,... Read more →

Clearly exercise is a big part of life for Charlie aka "Mr. 24 Miles on a Friday" (he and Jim are readying to go on... Read more →

A first on Saturday: Jim and Charlie did all 16 miles of the Jersey horse country bike path. They are at the start in the... Read more →

Who swims in the morning at school, rides bikes in the afternoon, and runs in the evening? Yes, it's Charlie. (Who, despite his full share... Read more →

Sunday involved three bikes rides sandwiched between an 8am walk and another at 8pm. It was warm in the middle of the day and there's... Read more →

I'm fond of the saying that life raising a child like Charlie is not a sprint but a marathon. Then on Saturday, Charlie did 28... Read more →

The change of seasons seems to have (1) wreaked some havoc into Charlie's sleep (he has been really struggling to get to sleep at night... Read more →