This tool made a world of difference to ease the pain of gardening. This multipurpose Kneeling gardening bench takes all the pressure off...

We had some extraordinary Family gatherings when I was a kid. Akron was the epicenter, we still lived on the Hill, but most all other...

If you could eat but one food everyday, the rest of your life, what would that food be? I think about this question a lot, which is why...

The reader may ask, "Exactly what makes you a food expert?" Fair question. I am guilty of consuming food many times a day, nearly every...

Akron originals. Devil strips. Sauerkraut balls

Family members have a way of creating and perpetuating pithy phrases that all members recognize and use. It just happens. My grandparents...

Today I solved a problem that had been lurking in the background for many years. My shower seemed like it was losing pressure, that old...

I'll begin by asking, What is one Human life worth? Correct answer, $72.61 with all the trimmings!

Harbour Freight sells a wood working bench for a modest price. I modified the bench to meet my wife's needs for a potting bench....

Us kid's who grew up in Akron in the early 60's, before smartphones, had to carry around a tiny personal phone book to keep track of all...

We moved back to my mom’s home on North Hill in Akron in the early January 1957. Best move of my life. But where did all this snow come...

One of the more serendipitous elements of a vacation or trip is a chance to meet interesting people. A most memorable encounter took...

There are many everyday gadgets, gismos, and copyrights that were worked on or created by people you've probably never heard of. These...

One fall day on the Akron U campus in the late 60's, a friend and I were headed for Memorial Hall. As we got closer, we spotted something...

Don’t presume to finish that sentence. It’s the journey, not the finish line. How it started We were a young married couple watching TV...

I was 7 at the time and the day and the present were both 7 months late. Still! Did you see the chrome and the white walls? Best...

Did you ever do something really stupid involving your girlfriend? No! Well let me tell you what it is like. First you have to accumulate...

Ahh! the Smell of Fiberglass in the Morning It’s Spring, and one of my chores was to store the wood storm windows on the shelf in our...

Grade school at St. Martha's We had BIG report cards with letter grades in each subject. But not all report cards were created equal....

This piece is an attempt to express my anger and disgust over the removal of a 150 year old majestic oak tree for the turn lane by a...