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Wanderlust

I have used this title before for a blog, and I find myself once again struck with wanderlust Wanderlust - wan·der·lust \ˈwän-dər-ˌləst\ noun • German, from wandern to wander + Lust desire, pleasure: Wanderlust is a loanword from German to English that designates a...

Announcing the start of the 365 Project

Over the past year or so I have been coming across people doing something they call The 365 Project. It is where for an entire year they take a photo every day and post it. It always seemed pretty cool and something I wanted to do, but never got around to it. Well I...

Hurricanes and Tornados

All my life I have been fascinated by the earth's systems, from geology, biology to meteorology. Early in life I studied the dinosaurs, by age 5 I was saying names like Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus. My mom treated me like a freak when she made me tell friends and...

Our new home

It has been over a month since we moved into our new home. We are very excited to have landed this place. It is a unique home that is still within the same neighborhood that we love so we can still see all of our great North Hill neighbors when we walk the dogs. Plus we got a great deal on it, it really is a buyer’s market.

Nora, an early mover and a shaker

We had another ultrasound and checkup yesterday to monitor the progress of Nora and the pregnancy. All is going well, nothing much to report which is a good thing at this point. "No Gnews is good Gnews". (anyone know where that quote is from? 🙂 But one thing we have...

Falling Out of The Van

Skippy, you will be happy to know, this is not another story about you. In addition to the Opel, another legendary vehicle I owned was The Van. It was a copper 1989 Toyota Mini Van. I had bought it on a credit card from a dealership in Cincinnati during a bad...

Fireballs and Mace in South Ghetto

Well I am going to write yet another Skippy story, but hey, what can I say, we had some fun times. I mentioned our apartment in Columbus' South Ghetto in the Opel story, but did not go into much detail. And I am sorry to say the stories about the "G" spot bar we...

A killing rampage hits home.

This past Saturday Sharon and I went down to Destin to visit with our great friends, Alice and Wayne. I have mentioned them many times in this blog and in our books. They have become our extended family. Alice is like a sister to Sharon. We always have a good time...

Nora or Aron?

Well we just had another appointment with the doctor and got yet another ultrasound (I hope our baby doesn't come out glowing or with three eyes from all the ultrasounds 🙂 sharon had been feeling a lot of anxiety leading up to this appointment because she had not...