This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 7/30/93 – Fri. Well, a good night’s sleep did […]

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This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 7/29/93 – Thur. Probably another short entry here, as […]

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Lest you’re tempted to feel sorry for Benton, keep in mind that he is the resident knots expert in our house these days. In both cases below — both occurring within an hour of each other on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon — Benton came up with the idea as to what to hook up to […]

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This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 7/28/93 – Wed. Well, so much for skipping one […]

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This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 8/12/93 – Thur. I’m staying at the RPH cabin […]

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On Thursday, we discovered a new playground called North Orange Park, about 20 minutes from our house. It was mentioned by a neighbor and was well worth the extra minutes to get there. The park has 2 playscapes, a shady gazebo, a pond, paths you can ride bikes or scooters on, and a big sand […]

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On Monday, July 14th, I met up with some Texas friends in Bainbridge, OH. We have known them since Benton and Angela started daycare, 9 years ago in August. The Campbells were finishing up a vacation in NY and were going to be passing through the Cleveland area, so we drove up to see them. […]

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This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 7/21/93 – Wed. I am starting this entry earlier […]

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Our trip to COSI yesterday included lots of time with Boppa (aka Grandpa Larry). I managed enough pictures of grandkids with Boppa to warrant a separate posting. Here, Larry poses with Alana before hoisting her onto one of the machines. Larry was great sport about heading into the centripital force machine that Carson wanted to […]

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