How Bout’ Them Apples?

Crossroad Orchard

As a kid, one of my favorite parts about late sum­mer / fall in Ohio was going to an orchard to get fresh apples.  A few week­ends ago I got to intro­duce my kids to this tra­di­tion when we vis­ited Cross­road Orchard, located on State Route 725 just West of Miamis­burg, Ohio. We had a great …read more

Living With Epilepsy

living with epilepsy

The Sep­tem­ber 2008 issue of Par­ents Mag­a­zine has a great arti­cle about a Mass­a­chu­setts fam­ily and how they dealt with their son’s epilepsy.  (Unfor­tu­nately it was not posted on their web site, and did not turn up in numer­ous web searches.  Should you find a link please let me know) The story cen­ters around a young …read more

2008 Tour d’Burg!

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The 2008 Tour d’ Burg.  What a great way to spend a Sun­day after­noon — sur­rounded by fam­ily and friends, gath­ered in down­town Miamis­burg, watch­ing hun­dreds of great cyclists com­pete for the Ohio State Cham­pi­onship.  Even bet­ter we got to cheer for my brother in law Geoff, who was com­pet­ing in the race — his …read more

Congratulations Ian

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My nephew Ian has been named the WCPO Chan­nel 9 Stu­dent of the Week. This is quite an accom­plish­ment, and just the lat­est cool thing, in an ongo­ing series of cool things, that Ian has accom­plished. If any­one is deserv­ing of this honor, it is Ian. He is an amaz­ing young man, who is highly …read more