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Comment on About by Katie

Katie — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:32:30 +0000

Tried to dm you on twitter – THANK YOU for your thoughtful, insightful review(s). Rarely do people identify and express the deeper layers of what we’re doing. Much love. Working on the SE attitude

- k

Comment on About by Monique Lynnellyn

Monique Lynnellyn — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:54:57 +0000

Hi Rob,
I found your blogs to be delightful and genuine~ thank you. Stumbled into your site serendipitously when i googled Autism Sauvie Island Farming. Seems like a strange combination, but i am a Montessori teacher who specializes in children with autistism, and am considering moving from Lake Oswego to Sauvie Island with my peafowl and two horses (Trained to work with autistic children).

If i ever find the time, i’ll have to set up a blog and website. Yours is lovely. Until then i can only be found on facebook.

You and your wife are so informed and loving and wonderful for Sam! My best to you all,

Comment on About by dustin

dustin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:05:25 +0000

hi rob, i came across a yelp conversation ‘babies in brewpubs’ and something you said grabbed me regarding taking the kids out to all kinds of establishments. we follow the same. each winter and summer, i organize an ‘if you can make it, come’ series of saturay afternoon get togethers. sometimes there are just a few of us, sometimes there are 20 of us, including many kids. the kids are well behaved enough and i cant think of a time where the group ruined anyone’s day. my question for you: what brewpubs, beer spots, etc do you recommend for gatherings such as this. i appreciate your time and enjoyed your post.

as a references, some spots that have worked well for us: hopworks, rouge, lompoc (divsion location), several of the mcmennamins, bridgeport ale house, alameda.

thanks much
dustin

Comment on Speech Therapy, Autism, and Why You Should Care? by Christa

Christa — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:01:25 +0000

Your blog is way powerful – I get choked up reading about sam. Thanks for sharing your life!

Comment on Just Dance, Sam… But not like a ghost or ghoul! by Shelly Tomishima

Shelly Tomishima — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:46:04 +0000

I love the video! Thank you so much for sharing with me.

I definitely share some of your feelings about Halloween. I think back to what Halloween was for our generation and feel sad that many kids don’t know what door to door trick or treating is (amongst other traditions)!

I was always scared when I tried to teach safety skills to kids and their parents: Wearing something reflective/having a flashlight and checking candy. After checking the kids’ candy a couple of years ago, my friend’s daughter asked me, “Aunty, why do you check our candy”? When I told her to make sure that any wrappers weren’t open or tampered with. She replied, “Oh Aunty, you don’t have to waste your time checking the candy. The chronics wouldn’t give up their perfectly good drugs for us”!

Comment on My September 11th by Melissa Williams

Melissa Williams — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:28:23 +0000

Beautiful.

Comment on My September 11th by Katie

Katie — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:42:02 +0000

Thank you for making me cry. Beautifully said.

Comment on My September 11th by jen downer

jen downer — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:48:59 +0000

i love you, rob downer.

Comment on The Summer That Never Was… Or was it? by jen downer

jen downer — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:17:31 +0000

Let us not forget the summer of 2009, which was the summer of your father’s dying, death, and post death! Looks like summer’s just not our time… when IS our time?????

Comment on So we make our own party… by Jennifer Minnelli

Jennifer Minnelli — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:48:53 +0000

Dear Jen,
Julie Shaw pointed me in your direction and I can really sympathize with the “illusion of inclusion” that you are living! There are others like us out there, and it is worth finding them! I have some resources in my blog that you might appreciate having, but no pressure about reading it. I wanted to reach out to you and let you know you are not alone!
Peace,
-Jen Minnelli (Durham, NC)