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Blue Hen Falls (Cuyahoga Challenge)

The weather was again perfect today for another hike (third of ten) in the Cuyahoga Challenge. This hike was at...

Posted by Jeffrey on September 2, 2010 11:17 PM

Brandywine Gorge Trail (Cuyahoga Challenge)

The weather was again perfect today for another hike (second of ten) in the Cuyahoga Challenge. This hike was at...

Posted by Jeffrey on September 2, 2010 10:07 PM

Forest Point & Pine Grove Trails (Cuyahoga Challenge)

The weather was perfect today for our first hike in the Cuyahoga Challenge. I'm not sure why we always wait...

Posted by Jeffrey on September 1, 2010 2:45 PM

An old college trip

I was reminded today of a trip my dad and I took about this time of the year in the...

Posted by Jeffrey on August 25, 2010 8:08 AM

Shop Class as Soulcraft: an exclusive club

I found much of what I read in Shop Class as Soulcraft to make sense. Some of it even put...

Posted by Jeffrey on August 9, 2010 8:43 AM

Chip Richter's Library Show

Chip Richter is the most fun, upbeat singer-songwriter I can think of. And I'm not saying that just because we've...

Posted by Jeffrey on August 6, 2010 4:27 PM

Summertime Swing

We swing like there's no tomorrow because we both know there isn't. For her, she has this innate sense of...

Posted by Jeffrey on August 3, 2010 12:43 PM

Fishing Expedition

We went fishing this past week in Lake Klein (map) at Greater Cleveland Council's Camp Beaumont. It's a neat little...

Posted by Jeffrey on July 11, 2010 9:27 PM

Dinner at La Dolce Vita

Last night we enjoyed a fabulous dinner over at Cleveland's La Dolce Vita in Little Italy. We sat outside on...

Posted by Jeffrey on June 8, 2010 12:21 PM

Titles matter, don't they?

I'll start by telling you that I don't know the answer to this question—I'm still struggling with how to answer...

Posted by Jeffrey on June 8, 2010 6:50 AM

Smelling summers past

My maternal grandmother lived in Erie, Pennsylvania. I visited a number of times growing up (late 70s), but I only...

Posted by Jeffrey on August 12, 2009 8:46 PM

For lease: Tiffany & Co. Box

For lease: One small, 3"x3"x1.37" blue "Tiffany & Co." jewelry box with suede pouch. Upgrade any sterling jewelry instantly with...

Posted by Jeffrey on December 26, 2008 12:01 PM

Comfort and joy

I've been hesitant to discuss our cat on these pages mostly because google.com tells me there are some 4.5 million...

Posted by Jeffrey on December 22, 2008 5:56 AM

Success!

Some four or more years ago I rebuilt the back porch of my house, moving the "powder room" and the...

Posted by Jeffrey on December 22, 2008 5:25 AM

My (current) Favorite Web Site

Is it Christmas yet? How could I possibly gush over this web site without over-stating its design, its functionality and...

Posted by Jeffrey on November 15, 2008 5:14 AM

Twelve years . . . and running out of time

Yesterday afternoon the six of us (and nine assorted other relatives) were at the Manassas National Battlefield Park, near my...

Posted by Jeffrey on October 13, 2008 9:32 AM

Arapaho White

I was a fairly young married guy in 1997 when we moved into our first house on Wandle Avenue in...

Posted by Jeffrey on October 5, 2008 7:41 PM

Houston, we have . . . Chicago?

Today's Cleveland weather is predicted to be almost Houston-like (OK, as close as we can get in Cleveland) with highs...

Posted by Jeffrey on July 8, 2008 5:32 AM

Starbucks update

For the record, I have darkened the doors of my local Starbucks a couple of times these past weeks, all...

Posted by Jeffrey on July 2, 2008 4:48 AM

New perspectives

We went as a whole family (there are six of us) to this year's ICCM conference. I didn't get as...

Posted by Jeffrey on June 19, 2008 4:51 AM