Walking up the stone stairway into the castle-looking prison a young family wearing pajama pants followed. Their four year old girl was leashed and their one year old was in mom’s arms. As we waited in line for our tickets to tour the Ohio State Reformatory I noticed the adults […]
Monthly Archives: January 2020
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The "Zodiac Thor" is a unique vessel. We utilize this Zodiac Futura Mark III to travel to many remote places. It is a bit of a "Jeep" of the open water. It is full of capability and versatility. It is stable in all sea states and provides a great [...]
Seeing a performer enveloped with his/her instrument creating a song is pure magic. Even more entrancing is when a group of musicians work together to produce melodies. I appreciate this talent more than ever now that I have started to form chords and strum the ukulele which has yet to […]
"So, do you have any New Year's Resolutions", I asked the young lady next to me. She seemed to be listening in on our "resolutions" conversation (that Poppins and I were having with the bar keep). It was early and our regular watering hole was empty. It gave me a [...]
When America was younger, it had to reinvent itself to grow. The 4-lane "super highway" was a new development just before World War II. The first super highway was the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It was built for just over $61 million and with a lot of new ideas and engineering. There [...]