Miami Valley Veterans Museum
It was during September’s Waco Aircraft Company centennial that I first became aware of the Miami Valley Veterans Museum sitting about a hundred yards south of Historic WACO Field. My friend Terry and...
View ArticleBook Review Under the Catalpa Tree Jim Grey
Like pictures? It’s got ’em. Like variety? Got that too. There are enough pictures to fill a deck of cards or a weekly calendar, which is not accidental. The premise for the book was writing an article...
View ArticleGreater Cincinnati Police Museum
For the third week in a row, I’m posting about visiting a new-to-me museum. The first of the three (Small Wonders (And More)) was triggered by an online reference and the second (Miami Valley Veterans...
View ArticleSouthern Ohio Museum
Let’s make it four. With nothing planned for the week following a string of three museum visits, my thoughts naturally turned to extending the streak. Museum visit number one was the result of an...
View ArticleA Secular Season of the Fish
Partway through last year’s Lenten season, I decided that I no longer wanted to support the Catholic (or any other) Church by patronizing their Friday Fish Fries. I explain that decision at the end of...
View ArticleTrip Peek #132 Trip #73 Indiana’s Lincoln Highway
This picture is from my 2009 Indiana’s Lincoln Highway trip. I joined the Lincoln Highway Association in 2000 but had yet to attend a conference. With the 2009 conference being held in semi-near South...
View ArticleTwice in a Lifetime
Planning is far too strong a word to describe what I have been doing since August 21, 2017, but I have certainly been looking forward to last Monday’s big event since that date. That date is, of...
View ArticleBook Review UnStuck Stephanie Stuckey
I am more familiar with Stuckey’s signs than their products. As a kid, I probably didn’t even know the company existed since my family did not travel much. They were still going strong when I started...
View Article2024 Hollow Earth Fest
Once upon a time, in a land very very near, there lived a man who declared that the earth was hollow. Among the man’s disciples was his son who eventually erected a tombstone topped by a 3D...
View ArticleJHA Conference 2024
I knew long ago that I would be attending the 2024 Jefferson Highway Association Conference in Alexandria, LA, but only recently decided to also join the pre-conference sociability run. The first day...
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