Tom and I spent some time last week finishing the scavenger hunt in Delaware County. The weather was cold and there was plenty of snow, which made getting to a few places more of a challenge. But we found all the places and all the clues and finished filling in the secret phrase. In Harlem …
Hunting for Letters in Delaware County, Part 3
As I mentioned last week, Tom and I have been hunting for letters as part of the Delaware County Scavenger Hunt. I don’t know who is in charge of public relations for the Preservation Parks of Delaware County, but they are doing a great job with their special programs. We continued hunting for letters in …
Teriyaki Madness: Big Bowls of Awesome
As I mentioned last week, Tom and I have started ordering delivery. This last week we had delivery from Teriyaki Madness, a new restaurant at Polaris. Life has been so monotonous for so long that we are looking for anything to brighten it up and make it more interesting. Thus our new interest in ordering …
Comedy, Tragedy, and the Life Everlasting
I recently stumbled on a website that had 23 funny tombstones. Unlike the made-up kind, these were things that people had actually carved on tombstones. They were pretty funny. They reminded me of my favorite tombstone, Ruth Graham’s grave: “End of Construction. Thank you for your patience.” I admire people who are so bold. Most …
Scavenger Hunt in Delaware County, Part 2
Tom and I started our Delaware County Scavenger Hunt on one of the warmer days in January. We wanted to get out and do something, see someplace new, anything different. So starting the scavenger hunt was a good project for us. We had the whole afternoon so we headed to the townships farthest away from …
Delaware County Scavenger Hunt
Tom and I have been working on the Delaware County Scavenger Hunt. We have been trying to find interesting, socially distanced things to do. The winter vortex has made this more difficult because we don’t feel like getting out much in the cold. I get up and take my morning walk, and then I just …
Fried Chicka Bang Food Delivery
This last week Tom and I tried two new things: Fried Chicka Bang, a new place to eat, and DoorDash, a food delivery service. John and Jackie have been doing food delivery a lot since the pandemic started, but Tom and I usually go and pick our food up. We are so close to so …
Reading Scripture in New Ways
I am always looking for new ways of reading scripture. I love to read the Bible and have read the whole thing many times. But sometimes it starts sounding all the same. Read that, remember that, boring! The Bible is anything but boring and I want to be sure I’m reading it with attention and …
Delaware State Park in Delaware Ohio
Delaware State Park in Delaware, Ohio, is like many of Ohio’s state parks. It is a dammed body of water with the area around it set aside for recreation. Tom and I recently visited Delaware State park as part of the Delaware County Scavenger Hunt, which I will write about more next week. Delaware State …
Overground Railroad by Candacy Taylor
Most of us have heard of the underground railroad, but have you ever heard of the overground railroad? I had not until the movie “The Green Book” came out. I didn’t see the movie, but hearing about it made me explore the premise and look up what exactly the Green Book was. As another example …