The Downs and Ups of My Memory
March 10, 2018

The Downs and Ups of My Memory

March 10, 2018 The other day a friend asked me how my year was going. I told him I’d had my up and downs but I couldn’t complain. If my brain had been working—and that’s really the topic of this blog—I would have declared instead that I’d had my share of downs and ups. Mostly they occur at home. It goes like this. I go down the stairs to the basement to get something. By the time I hit the bottom step I forget what it is. Then I go back up to the kitchen …
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January 4, 2018

Down on the Farm

January 4, 2018 I’m a little disappointed with the Bob Evans Corporation. And I’m sure there are many former employees right there with me. In case you don’t know, the Bob Evans in Newport, Kentucky, closed its doors in October of 2017. It’s gotta say somewhere that they are not allowed to do that. As far as I know all my family and friends like Bob’s, but my father has to top the list of Farm lovers. If there is a Bob Evans in Heaven, Dad’s probably there right now. If so, he may well …
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Reaching the Halfway Point—Part Three
October 30, 2017

Reaching the Halfway Point—Part Three

by guest blogger Bonnie Spencer   Part 1, Part 2 October 30, 2017 All week, we have been watching the forecast for eastern Ohio. It appears as though there will be no escaping some rain, perhaps heavy; some winds, perhaps blustery; and some chilly mornings. Our rain gear and warmer clothes are packed. I’ve been reading the trail map for the Bowerston section. It is peppered with words and phrases such as “ascends,” “climbs,” “descends,” “over the hill,” “over the steep hill” (italics mine), “ridge top,” “undulate,” and “up the long hill.” Whew! I’m not …
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Reaching the Halfway Point—Part Two
October 16, 2017

Reaching the Halfway Point—Part Two

by guest blogger Bonnie Spencer   Part 1, Part 3 October 16, 2017 Day 6 (Monday): Mogadore to Hartville (10.5 trail miles) We are rested up and in good shape for another week of hiking. The stitches have been removed from my nose, so I don’t have to bother with Band-Aids to cover them. A cold sore that appeared in the corner of my mouth on the previous trip up while hiking and stressing in all that heat is finally better. It was super painful and wouldn’t heal. This is the first morning I didn’t …
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Reaching the Halfway Point—Part One
October 2, 2017

Reaching the Halfway Point—Part One

by guest blogger Bonnie Spencer   Part 2, Part 3 October 2, 2017 This will be the fifth 10-percenter that CW and I have hiked together (a 10-percenter being roughly ten percent of the Buckeye Trail). Since we’ve already gone from the southwest corner of Ohio to the northeast corner, it seems as though we have hiked half the trail. However, we won’t actually reach the halfway mark in miles until sometime during the second week of this fall hike. We will be doing the Mogadore, Massillon, and Bowerston sections of the BT. Recently we …
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Playing Hooky in Tar Hollow
September 19, 2017

Playing Hooky in Tar Hollow

September 19, 2017 I sent a group text with pictures from Tar Hollow to the Wednesday night men’s group in my church recently to prove (jokingly) that I wasn’t just skipping that week’s Bible study for no good reason. I had some trail maintenance to do. A couple of men responded (jokingly—I think) that they wanted to do trail maintenance, too. Most, if not all, of the men in our group are outdoorsmen, and there is something almost spiritual about outdoor projects to men like that. There sure is for me. Tar Hollow State Park …
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