We took Saturday afternoon to head east along Lake Erie out of Cleveland towards the town of Mentor to check out a few things we’ve haven’t really explored yet. We ended up driving up through Holden Arboretum and found an area called Penitentiary Glen. There are miles of trails looping through a small gorge lined…

While Charlotte, NC is synonymous with the tracks of a NASCAR type, we made a trip here to watch our daughter in her last outdoor track meet of the season. In typical fashion, the weather is amazing and the place is beautiful. My brother-in-law moved down here a few years ago and bought a cool…

As a kid growing up through the 80’s and 90’s, I remember Earth Day being a pretty big deal. I don’t know why, exactly. Maybe it’s because I was in school and things like that were a part of the curriculum. Or teachers looking for something to fill their day, possibly. Hard to say. Or…

So… yeah – I kind of feel like a traitor. For just over 30 years I’ve been a die-hard Land Rover fan. It started with the Series Land Rovers around 1995 (my friend’s neighbor had a Series III in his barn), and was quickly bolstered by the then-new Discovery. Things like the Camel Trophy and…

Fall in Ohio means AMAZING temperatures and… yep, grilling, football, and marching bands. We’ve hit Cedar Point a few times (Halloweekends in full swing), and celebrated Amor y Amistad on prompting from a Colombian friend (I made a Colombian egg salad for dinner, amongst other things). We also sold our van, Jonas (photo below taken…

June, July, August… half of September. It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so I’m just going to give a quick rundown. In June the kids started coming home from college, etc. By August everybody was home – packed house to say the least! But it was awesome. In addition to hitting all the cool…

Today marks an important day in my life, a day that I learned that humor and laughter can go a long way with regard to making people feel better. About 40 years ago-ish I sent an April Fools Day phone call down the hill to my grandparents house (Gran and Pop to us locals) with…

Red Hill Mining Town (U2, The Joshua Tree, 1987) just crossed through on Spotify and I was immediately taken back over 20 years. Living in SW Washington state at that time, I graduated college in the early 2000’s and was on a massive U2 kick on that point in my life. Red Hill Mining Town…