by admin | Jan 5, 2018 | Climate, Geography, Personal history, Resilience, Travel, Weather
We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog post . . . . Tens of millions of Americans are accustomed to weather bulletins in winter months advising them of wintry conditions, whether they involve bitter cold or blowing snow. It is no great secret to anyone in recent...
by admin | Jan 1, 2018 | Art, Geography, History, Humanities, Parks, Personal history, Recreation, Travel
For three months, I have been intermittently aware that, back in August, I shared two phases of a trip to Norway that my wife and I took in July—and that I promised to complete the story with two more. At the same time, I was laying the groundwork for an entirely new...
by admin | Aug 13, 2017 | Government, History, Recreation, Restaurants, Travel
Oslo is pleasant, scenic, historic, and modest enough in size to be easily navigated. You can learn a great deal about it quickly, but perhaps not as quickly as my wife and I were forced to do by circumstances. But we thoroughly enjoyed our short stay. Despite better...
by admin | Aug 4, 2017 | Business, Personal history, Restaurants, Transportation, Travel
It has been almost a month since my last blog post, for a reason. I spent most of the remainder of July at a conference in Colorado, for four days, and then overseas, for nearly two weeks. My wife and I traveled to Norway for a vacation, and I chose to separate myself...
by admin | Jan 21, 2017 | Blogging, Careers, Disaster, Natural Hazards, Personal history, Travel, Urban Planning, Writing
“The cemeteries are full of indispensable people,” or variations thereof, is a quotation that has been attributed to many, including the late French President Charles de Gaulle, but according to Quote Investigator, actually belongs to an American writer Elbert Hubbard...
by admin | Jun 25, 2016 | Environment, Floodplain management, History, Parks, Public health, Recreation, Travel, Water
Two weeks ago, I wrote about Cleveland’s Flats Entertainment District, where restaurants and bars now line the sides of the once filthy Cuyahoga River that now hosts boats and rowers. The Flats is but the last reach of a river that extends south into the Akron area....
