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Virtual spring break: Feelings about Mill Creek Park

This week, I’m doing Kristine Hansen’s virtual spring break travel writing class. A big part of the class is a daily writing prompt about a travel topic. Today, we are to write about the emotional arc of a recent trip. For me, that was back to Ohio to see family and visit Lanterman’s Mill, a… [Read More]

Travel, Experience, and Snobbery

I love to travel, and I am so fortunate that I have been able to go so many places, see so many great things, and meet so many interesting people. I think that travel gives us perspective on other people and places that can help us all get along better, and it helps us learn… [Read More]

In China on the 4th of July

July 4 has always been a huge holiday in my family. It’s big for Americans in general, of course, but my grandfather was born on July 4 in England. He always said that he had to emigrate because no one celebrated his birthday back in Durham. He used to tell us that the fireworks were… [Read More]

Repurposing a Shooting Gallery

This is the bar at the Sandy Chanty, a restaurant at Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio. Geneva-on-the-Lake is an old lakefront resort, and the strip is filled with a lot of really old-style amusement businesses. The bar itself is a former shooting gallery built for Coney Island and moved to Geneva-on-the-Lake. The building stands, but the business in… [Read More]

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