We Go With Him

Two bike rides is the standard on our weekends. Saturday, over one bridge to Marin County and then over the Golden Gate to San Francisco... Read more →

February is from the Latin Februarius, which is from februum which refers to Februa, a purification ritual that fell on February 15 in the old... Read more →

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 →

I left California 27 years ago. I wanted to figure out what this mysterious place 'back East' was and not be afraid of snow (walking... Read more →

After posting about permanence and change on a really cold Sunday morning I got on my yellow bike (Charlie's bike when he was about 10)... Read more →

It's -3 Celsius today so Charlie is poised to show that, yes, he did spend some formative years in St. Paul, Minnesota (from 1998-2000 --... Read more →

As it's just before the ides of November (the 13th), Fall Semester MMXIII is coming to an end. In my class on Greek Tragedy (as... Read more →

Fall-like temperatures (50s degrees Fahrenheit / 13 - 16 degrees Celsius) and Charlie is not at all ready to give up the garb of summer... Read more →

Charlie has had something of a 'sleep schedule' for the past two (Monday and Tuesday) nights: Asleep at 7/8pm. Awake from 12 midnight on. Between... Read more →

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 →

Charlie has a lovely new maroon bike! We picked it up after a ride on the Jersey horse country trail was cut short on realizing... 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 →

Minus 4 Celsius occasioned a short ride but it is not like anyone else was bike riding. Arctic blast of cold aside, it has been... 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 →

It's day four of MMXIII, pridie Nonibus Ianuariis (the day before the Nones of January) --- the 11th day of the 12th month according to... Read more →

There are times when you don't need a yellow jacket (Saturday, Bayonne waterfront). Realities (rain, damp, dirt, gravel, general muck, waning hours of daylight as... Read more →

"Getting sensible about sensory dysfunction" means looking beyond the weighted vests. 'Stuff' is generally not the solution. Read more →

Until about 5.30 pm-ish, Charlie handled the holiday and the inevitable disruptions its traditions and rituals impose on his routines and ritualistic nature. He actually... Read more →

Charlie woke around 3am on Saturday so, after working through a very agitated run-across-the-floor-sudden-and-fast moment, we were not quite the first at the barber's; among... Read more →