Way back in October, Tom and I visited the Lynd Fruit Farm in Pataskala, Ohio.  We are now back at Fort Frederica National Monument in Georgia, but I still have so many things to catch up on that I will be writing about stuff in Ohio for the rest of January. I love to go …

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Usually, by this time, Tom and I are in Georgia.  Not this year.  This year we have a delayed departure due to the RV being in the shop.  As of today, we are not sure when we will be heading south but I hope it is soon.  Enough of all this snow and cold stuff. …

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I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmastime.  I certainly did, although it wasn’t quite what I was expecting or planning. We always want a white Christmas in Ohio.  One year, when I was a pastor, it started snowing during the midnight Christmas service and continued with big, fluffy flakes into the next …

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It is time for the annual wrap-ups, lists and looking back over the past year.  All the posts this week will be posts that I write every year, with the appropriate updates.  First up, the annual Christmas Cookie post. I was very disciplined and restrained last year as I tried to get used to having …

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The first Saturday in October, Tom and I went to the Ohio Gourd Show and Festival.  The Ohio Gourd Show was held at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, so it wasn’t too far away.  Tom really likes gourds, and, after attending the show, I have a new appreciation of them myself. The Ohio Gourd Show is …

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The fall foliage in Ohio has been absolutely beautiful.  The weather was perfect, with cool nights and clear, sunny days.  I always contend that Ohio’s fall foliage can rival any other state.  We have maples, oaks, sweet gums, birches, and honey locusts, all of which produce wonderful colors. We went on a fall foliage drive …

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The biggest event in our family this fall was the wedding of Jared and Alexandria.  Jared is my youngest nephew, the son of my sister Julia and my brother-in-law Mike.  I wrote about hosting their shower in August and their wedding was just as much fun as the shower. Jared and Alexandria have been together …

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We interrupt this travelogue on our trip to Michigan in order to bring you some of the things that we have been seeing and doing since we got back to Ohio.  We have been back for six weeks from our trip, but I will probably be writing about Michigan through the end of the year.  …

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Everyone says that the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is the best museum on shipwrecks in Michigan.  That made it a priority on this trip.  While we were staying in Sault Ste Marie, we all piled in the Shaw’s truck for an all-day outing to the museum. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located in the …

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Sault Ste Marie is the second largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  Marquette is the largest.  The population of Sault Ste Marie is 13,000 so it is not a big city, but it has all the things you would expect to find in a much larger metro area.  There are plenty of chain …

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