I have been eating a lot of popcorn lately. In an effort to avoid overly processed and empty calorie foods, this has become my go-to snack. Popcorn has a lot of nutritional value. In a 3.5 ounce serving, there is Vitamin B1 (Thiamin): 9% of the DV. Vitamin B3 (Niacin): 14% of the DV. Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine): 9% …
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New for 2024 Thanksgiving
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and upheld many of the family traditions. There was all the usual food and most of the usual family. It is always wonderful to spend time together and get see the generations. This year, however, there were several new things. First, John and Jackie hosted Thanksgiving for the …
MAPS Air Museum in North Canton, Ohio
After our delicious lunch at Menches Brothers, we headed to the MAPS Air Museum in North Canton. MAPS stands for Military Aviation Preservation Society, which is quite a mouthful. Ohio has two other good air museums, The National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton and the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta. …
Trunk or Treat at Lewis Center UMC
Have you participated in a Trunk or Treat event? Trunk or Treat is a big deal in the Columbus area. Some parents even feel that these events are safer than kids going door to door even in their own neighborhoods. I live on a street that only has 12 houses and only one of them …
GE Refrigerator Meets Repairman
When Tom and I got back to Ohio, our GE refrigerator wasn’t working right. We replaced the refrigerator in 2021, so it is practically new. When we opened the door, no light came on and the water wasn’t working. Fortunately, the cooling part worked just fine, and the light in the freezer was working. We …
Alex Varga Gets Married to Jen Gartner
Alex Varga got married! Tom and I got home from Cumberland Gap on September 19. We had to come back that week because we had a very special event coming up: the wedding of Alex Varga and Jen Gartner. Alex Varga is a very special man to Tom and I. He and John grew up …
Breaks Interstate Park: Grand Canyon of Virginia
What is the Grand Canyon of Virginia and Kentucky? Breaks Interstate Park. In fact, Breaks Interstate Park is so grand that they claim to be the Grand Canyon of the South. Tom and I headed to Breaks Interstate Park on one of our last days off at Cumberland Gap. We didn’t intentionally save it for …
JR Hoe and Sons Iron Foundry
While Tom and I were at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, we had the opportunity to tour JR Hoe and Sons Iron Foundry. Tom had been doing the Iron Furnace talk and was interested in finding out more about the iron heritage in Middlesboro. Middlesboro was founded as an iron town, “The Pittsburgh of the …
Henderson Settlement in Frakes, Kentucky
While Karen Graham was visiting, we decided to make a trip to Henderson Settlement in Frakes, Kentucky. Henderson Settlement is a United Methodist Mission and Work Camp located “up the mountain” from Middlesboro. Karen had been there before because her sister, Pam, had worked there and Pam and Chuck lived in Frakes for years. Henderson …
General Longstreet Museum in Russellville, TN
One day, when Tom and I were doing living history at Cumberland Gap, two men from the General Longstreet Museum in Russellville, Tennessee stopped by. We talked to both of them for quite a while. They were preparing for the fund-raising bus tour given by the museum once a year. The younger man, the sole …