The Mystery Spot

My son started school today and is technically in ninth grade. It's hard enough to let that try and sink in before realizing he will be ...

Been ill most of the week, a lingering malaise of various internal organs. Each day I last about a half hour further before a quick fade out...

Traveled last weekend and came back with a sickness that has been kicking my ass this week. All the humidity on Long Island combined with go...

Bill Hurley was connected to life. A very intelligent man of many talents. He came to Writers Block a few years ago and he earned and deser...

My son starts eighth grade today. We transferred him to a new school that focuses on students with autism and special needs. Middle school h...

Today was one of those days when you just want to come home and get under a blanket with a bottle of whiskey. A traumatic first day of schoo...

Last night he got to bed around 11, woke up just after 2AM, fell asleep less than an hour later. It did not really matter much as school w...

Sixth grade: day one They do not tell you how many times your heart breaks as you watch your child grow up The pain of leaving him i...

After too many nights of interrupted sleep caused by my son not sleeping through the night we've decided to try something new. When he w...

Yesterday was my son's last day of fifth grade. Onto middle school and the further great unknown. There was a ceremony on Wednesday an...

Today I attended my son's last Shakespeare and Autism class. It's a fascinating idea to get autistic kids communicating through the ...

My son is somewhere between 57-58 pounds now. I weigh him on the scales at the pool every couple of weeks. He is slowing gaining weight, def...

Working on various projects, including the Arts Festival, is taking up some creative time. Wish I was not so distracted and unfocused. A pie...

While on an after dinner walk around German Village earlier this evening, I realized it has been eleven years since I lived there, and eleve...

Now that the feeding program is over and I no longer have to go to the hospital three days a week or work ten hour shifts there may be a sen...

Been battling vertigo again this weekend. Same damn thing I had a couple of years ago, left me out of commission yesterday. I was able to g...

I mentioned this and linked to a video about it a couple of weeks back. The Dispatch did an article about the Shakespeare and Autism in toda...

My son has been involved in a program called Shakespeare and Autism for most of the school year. It was started by some actors from the Roya...

Today I am home with a sick child. The boy has a cold and cough. He got some rest last night, but needs more - and for the cough to diminish...

Coming back from a vacation in which there was little rest has been a tough adjustment. There's been a lot to do at work, which has resu...