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When I Grow Old … .
A Rave About Getting Old When I get older, I want to be like my mom. Yesterday, we went out to lunch for her eighty-fourth birthday, which she enjoyed. But truthfully, she was more thrilled by the Solitaire app I downloaded on her Nook. Seriously, … Continue reading
Guilty as Charged: On Guilt and Writing and Life
I feel guilty all the time. When I’m at work, I feel like I should be spending time with my nearly-84-year-old mom. Or possibly The Engineer if he’s home. At the very least, I should be available when Darling Daughter calls from … Continue reading
Aviation: It’s Not Just a Hobby, It’s an Adventure!
Rave Some sights from our trip home from Oshkosh. Glad we didn’t have to take off after this guy. His wake turbulence would have blown us away. Some Birds’ Eye Views of Chicago What’s missing from this picture? Look carefully, … Continue reading
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Tagged Airventure, Airventure 2014, aviation, C17, Cessna 182, Chicago, Chicago Skyline, EAA, EAA Airventure, Meigs Airport, Meigs Field, Oshkosh, Skylane
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Algae on Lake Erie
A Rant Reposting this picture from October 2011. It was a crying shame then, and it’s a crying shame now.
I Ate a Squirrel
A Rave About Local Food — extremely local (like from your backyard) Actually, I ate a few bites of squirrel. And some groundhog too. You see, I was at the Burning River Festival in Cleveland, and one of the food demonstrations (put on by … Continue reading
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Tagged Burning River Festival, eating groundhog, eating squirrel, eating trapped animals, trapping
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Ohio City Bicycle Co-op: A Cleveland Wonder
A Rave My family tends to accumulate bicycles. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. I tend to accumulate bikes, which tends to drive The Engineer crazy. You see, I love bikes, and I love getting a bargain, so when I see a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle, Cleveland, Cooperative, Cycling, Earn a bike program, Free bikes for kids, Ohio City, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op, Raleigh
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Do It Because You Can: Riding the Rails to Trails Conservancy Greenway Sojourn Bicycle Tour
A Rant and a Rave A lot of people think it’s crazy to spend a vacation bicycling forty miles a day, sleeping in a tent, then getting up in the morning to do it again. There are others who are think forty miles a … Continue reading
Stella Ivy Eleanor Juliet Montague, Or How Friends Can Improve Your Writing
This is my bike, a folding Montague (from when they were still co-branding with Schwinn). She’s one of three, usually found dangling on our hangar wall, in the baggage compartment of our plane or tooling around one of the Lake … Continue reading
Excused Absence or Merely a List of Excuses (for Not writing)
You know how schools divide absences into excused and unexcused? Well, I’d like to argue that my recent sabbatical from writing falls into the former category. If it counts for anything, my Mom could write me a note. Here’s what was going on … Continue reading
Memories of Dad
Originally posted on Reading, Writing, Ranting and Raving:
My father died eleven years ago, shortly before his seventy-sixth birthday. His death was caused by Alzheimer’s, as was his mother’s. If you’re fortunate enough not to have witnessed the deterioration of…
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