Match! redux. Go Bucs. Read more →
Exercise & Sports
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 →
A+ Effort
29 July 2014
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 →
Activity and Hyperactivity
10 June 2013
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 →
Two Good Points Worthy of Note
06 April 2013
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 →
Vignette
25 November 2012
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 →
Exercise is Our Family Thing
23 November 2012
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 →
How the Numbers Add Up
04 November 2012
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 →
A Total of 28 Miles
12 August 2012
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 →
30 Mile Sunday
25 June 2012
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 →
The Boy of Summer
20 June 2012
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 →
Praising Seemingly Nothing With Much Praise
04 June 2012
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 →
Autism and McDonalds
18 May 2012
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 →
The 30-Something Day
08 April 2012
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 →
The Riddle of the Sphinx, Charlie-style
20 March 2012
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 →
Easy Come, Easy Go
23 October 2011
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 →
Marathon Day (in a literal sense)
08 October 2011
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 →
De-revving the Nighttime Motor
07 October 2011
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 →