We were driving up Mayfield Avenue in Cleveland last week, and I remembered that the James A. Garfield memorial was in Lakeview Cemetery — just a left turn away. I’ve seen pictures of it, but for some reason I’d never been there before. Considering its historical interest and general architectural impressiveness (it is the most [...]
Continuing my epic blog-a-logue of our vacation to Ohio, on Friday we headed up to downtown to walk around and see the sights.
We recently got our first digital SLR, the Nikon D40. It’s a sweet piece of hardware, and Claire has taken to using the 55-200 zoom to shoot extreme closeups of all manner of things. These are not “macro photos” in the pure meaning of the word (the object being shot is the same size as [...]
During my trip out to Ohio last week I took the kids on an extended side-trip to show them (and me) where we’re from. This is the street where my grandfather was born and lived, according to the 1900 census records.
Cleveland, Ohio. Our first morning here greeted us with over three inches of rain in about two hours. My parents’ basement had water in it for the first time in 20 years. There was a LOT of flooding out here, and the news was full of stories about people rescued from their cars in several [...]
Travelling out to Ohio yesterday, I decided to do a little family history detective work. I took the kids on a side trip to Butler, PA, which is where my dad’s side of the family hails from. Using some info that my cousin Shari found, as well as some I tracked down on my own, I found this building, where my grandfather was born.
Over at The Literary Cafe, the proprietors are visiting China.
Starting in the cooler days of late April, my friend B and I spent some time off the beaten path in South Mountain Reservation hunting morels. While we never found any, for whatever reason, one good side benefit was I’ve finally starting learning how to recognize trees. When I was a kid, our family recreation [...]
Here’s an abandoned mill in South Mountain Reservation:
And another scene from a popular game:
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