Every now and then I'll do a "flyover" of the neighborhood. It can reveal some interesting details that a lifetime here hasn't otherwise made known. For instance, this view of the area surrounding Cumberland Park offered an intriguing bare spot, just west of the pool, through … [Read more...] about Fun with Google maps
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Coffee for the Common Woman | Part 2
One of the earliest credible descriptions of the experience of drinking coffee comes from german physcian and botanist, Leonhard Rauwolf in the 1500's. He described coffee as "almost as black as ink and very good in illness..." Leonhard was a people watcher. Just like myself, … [Read more...] about Coffee for the Common Woman | Part 2
Snow, Driving and Kids
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Though it was a delayed start with hiccups and dustings here and there, the snow has finally returned to Cleveland. In the Heights, one of the struggles of morning routines usually involves dusting off vehicles, cleaning driveways, … [Read more...] about Snow, Driving and Kids
Sponges and Rocks
True story. My grandmother was a sharecropper. For a span of years, she and my grandfather picked cotton on a parcel of land owned by Mr. Charles in Natchitoches, Louisiana. I remember the day my grandmother showed me a cotton boll and demonstrated how to separate the stems … [Read more...] about Sponges and Rocks
Coffee for the Common Woman | Part 1
I'm on a quest to find the best tasting cuppa coffee at the best price on Cedar Hill. From where I sit this morning I can walk about a minute in each direction and find several cups of coffee. Here we go... a cuppa coffee for the common man, woman, person, friend, mom, dad, … [Read more...] about Coffee for the Common Woman | Part 1
