We Go With Him

It just occurred to me that in the six months plus that we've now been in California, we haven't once been to the ER, which... Read more →

Charlie's first week back in summer school after three weeks of 'school camp' was tough so --it's time to quote Virgil. facilis descensus Averno: noctes... Read more →

After a fine bike ride down the Peninsula on Sunday, we dropped off the bikes at home and drove back across the bay to the... Read more →

Charlie got through the long Memorial Day weekend with a total of 6 bike rides (3 on the Peninsula, 3 in Berkeley; 1 with Cousin... 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 →

As Jim (after relating the happy facts of a Pirate victory) pointed out to me this Sunday morning, it is fall, meaning that the best... Read more →

Somewhere amid cleaning up the faithful white car after Charlie's gastro-anxiety got the better of him and driving in Jersey horse country to meet him... Read more →

As I type this, Charlie's summer camp is set to end in less than an hour. The last day's activity is a party complete with... Read more →

Charlie had, or perhaps was having for the past several days, a lot of thymic distress that was resolved (in full sense of the Latin... Read more →

I didn't realize that there is yet another subtropical storm (named Andrea) on the radar (which is making today, Friday, look distinctly wetter than Wednesday... 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 →

Charlie has a four-day weekend due to Presidents Day on Monday, a bit of a double disruption as it means one school week is cut... Read more →

The title has a metaphorical as well as a literal application, Charlie having had an 'attack' with throwing of multiple plastic items, hitting his head... Read more →

For the better part of two hours on Wednesday night, Charlie and I sat in the white car in the driveway, awaiting Jim's return from... Read more →

Charlie having slept nary a wink Sunday night I was not surprised when the school behaviorist called on Monday afternoon to say he'd had an... Read more →

Awakened by merry-making just as the new year began on Tuesday, Charlie and I noted each of the first six hours of 2013, 1.35, 2.15,... 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 →

Despite the fact that it was early Tuesday morning with Thanksgiving on the horizon, I taught both my Latin and ancient Greek students a host... Read more →

Radix malorum non cupiditas est (quod ille ignoscens in fabulis Canterburiensibus Chauceronis dicit) sed Pisces Suecici. In other words, the reason (on top of post-hurricane-ness... Read more →

'Resetting his clock' was how Jim explained us being up last night at 3.30am with Charlie and I'd say that is the best explanation, also... Read more →