A week ago, we picked Elliot up from a visit to the College of Wooster. After returning from Wooster, the first significant winter storm of the season rolled through Northeast Ohio. It dumped about three inches of snow in our … Continue reading
I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be able to keep enjoying football. I grew up with the sport. In middle school, I lived and died on the outcomes of NFL games featuring my favorite teams. In high school, I … Continue reading
Last Monday, we went searching for a hidden waterfall. Today, we went searching for cinnamon-sugar mini-donuts. In both cases, we experienced some success and some failure. The fall foliage and waterfalls were beautiful in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. But … Continue reading
We recently completed the process of shooting Elliot’s senior portraits, and we’re thrilled with how they all turned out. Our friend Jana was the photographer, but hiring her for the job wasn’t just a case of nepotism. She’s a legitimate … Continue reading
I consider it a point of pride that I’ve hiked “every trail” in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (you’ll see why I put some of those words in quotation marks, shortly). Seriously though, I made a quest of it for … Continue reading
I listened to Kanye West’s new album Jesus Is King today. I guess you could say that I’ve casually admired Kanye from afar for the last few years. I’ve appreciated some of his previous hits — just as someone who’s … Continue reading
I feel like my lifetime has given me an interesting vantage point on issues of education, popular culture, and technology. I remember a primitive sort of coding that I used to make our family’s Commodore 64 mimic the sound of … Continue reading
I’ve sat through a lot of soccer games in all kinds of weather. I’ve endured blistering heat and glare from the sun and freezing temperatures with snow whipping across the field. So it means something when I say that tonight’s … Continue reading
I could pretend that our family’s Fall Break was all corn and pumpkins and sunshine and magic. Because those things were a part of our extended weekend. The weather provided those crisp, clear October days that we dream about all … Continue reading
I love a good quest. One of my earliest quests was to set foot in every building on the campus of Bowling Green State University. A little later, I decided to eat at every dining establishment in the city of … Continue reading