Autistic Children

"Daddy?" "Yes, Jilly?" "How old will you be on your birthday?" "Fifty-four, honey" "Oh. How old will you be in ten years?" "How old do you think?" "I don't know." "Jilly, see if you can figure it out." "Come on, give me a hint." "OK, what is fifty-four plus ten?" "Thirty-seven?" Read Full Story

"Daddy?" "Yes, Jilly?" "When is never?" "Oh, gosh, I guess the best way to describe never is to say it's a time so far from now that it will probably not come. . ." "Well, that's when I want to do my homework." Read Full Story

jilly and i went out tonight to record the sounds of the last crickets of summer, but instead we photographed our first night-time moon shots. jilly said, 'why didn't we do this before?' and i had to admit that i just didn't know. Read Full Story

"Daddy, I have something to tell you." "Oh. What is it, Jilly?" "When we were on our school field trip to the aquarium today. . ." "Yes?" "Robert told Miss Maya-Sara that walruses say 'moo,' like cows." "Well, they might, Jilly. I don't really know." We were doing homework and writing emails. I was distracted. "Daddy." "Yes, Jilly?" "What do walruses say?" " coo-coo ca-choo ?" Read Full Story

what's going on here? an inventory of sorts. taking stock, looking, looking around to see what's here and about and is it worth carrying on, scattering words like dandelion seeds in the wind. I was curious as to what I've been writing about these fourteen months--was there a pattern? Was there a plan? Here is what I've found - clutter. But tonight I thought I would try to see if I could make some neat piles. Jilly Nines - this link is to the first posting about Jilly. This one, At Church with Jilly Nines is, I think, my favorite. Here are one or ... Read Full Story