On a recent adventure day, Mom and Dad and Tom and I headed for South Bass Island and the town of Put-in-Bay. We had been enjoying the beautiful summer weather of our previous adventure days, but this day was the first day of fall weather. Instead of sunny and 70’s to 80’s, it was overcast, …
Wedding During Covid-19 Pandemic
A friend, Cheryl Spade, let me know late last year that she was planning her wedding. She asked if I would be available to perform the wedding in May. Last year I was planning on being in Europe in May so I told her I would be in Norway at the time. She moved on …
I Do Not Know But God Knows
2 Corinthians 12:1-10 has pretty much been my theme passage lately. Especially the repeated interjection, “I do not know but God knows” in verses 2 and 3. Over and over in the last few months I have repeated this refrain in wonder. I am amazed and awed that God cares for me so much that …
Coin Shortage a Result of Pandemic
Have you noticed that there is a national coin shortage? At first, Tom and I didn’t because we weren’t going anywhere and spending any money. If we bought stuff, we would get it online and pay with a credit card. Once we noticed the coin shortage and started paying with cash at drive-up windows, we …
Sambucas Italian Greenhouse and Country Market
One of the really fun things about moving to a new area is finding the stores you want to patronize. Sambucas Italian Greenhouse and Country Market is going to be a favorite for us, even though it has a strange name. The Italian is the strange part, because it doesn’t have anything distinctly Italian. I …
Office Is Finished: Where the Blog Happens
My part of our home office is finished. We are using one of the spare bedrooms as a shared office space. I recently finished unpacking all my boxes and even hung the few office type wall things up. You really own a house if you are putting nails into the wall. I say that my …
Faith Is Confidence, Not How We Feel
I have many favorite Bible verses. One of them is Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” I was reminded of this verse a few weeks ago when a friend mentioned that she just wasn’t feeling God right now. Too much trouble and …
Ohio to Erie Bike Trail in our Backyard
One of the reasons we bought our little house was because of the Ohio to Erie Bike Trail in our backyard. To get to the trail all I have to do is go out the backyard and cross US Route 3. Granted 3 is a very busy road, so I wait and watch carefully before …
RayRays Hog Pit BBQ and Guests in our Home
This is a review of RayRays Hog Pit BBQ. I was holding off on reviewing new restaurants because it didn’t seem fair to review them when we weren’t eating inside. But it might be a very long time before we eat inside a restaurant again. And, meanwhile, there are lots of great new restaurants to …
Lakeside Ohio, An Old-fashioned Place
I’m sure you are all tired of hearing about our new house, so I will offer a change the rest of the week and talk about other things. One of those things is a recent adventure day to Lakeside Ohio. Mom and Dad used to have a cottage at Lakeside and Tom and I went …