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BONUS: AI Brings New Color to Fisher-Ley Family Portraits
In Living Color
New AI filters on Ancestry.com bring new life to old family photos, including this blog's dad-tastic masthead! https://colt76foutz.wordpress.com/2024/01/16/color-me-enchanted/?page_id=3979
Unfulfilled Series: the Alleys of Hong Kong
Sure, the view of Hong Kong from the bay is killer. But I've missed the discoveries I used to make wandering around spots like Wan Chai and Tsim Sha Tsui, and the paths less investigated or traveled. Man Longs to Meander: Missing Hong Kong Locked inside during a January storm, with actual air temperatures cratering... Continue Reading →
Eyes on the Starting Line
I found Ditmars Wine Run in 2023 on RunSignup when I was searching for a mid-summer tune-up heading into a September marathon. I ended up getting a cross-country-level workout -- and somehow won the race! Planning my Running & Racing Calendar Ah, January. Start to a new year. The opportunity to commit to resolutions: to... Continue Reading →
Item! Texas Marketer Confuses Cleveland for Cincinnati
Spurs' Diss Misses the Mark In the realm of this Dad's favorite eats Skyline Chili stands alone. We've spilled the sauce on Cincinnati's famous chili spaghetti a couple times in this space. And though I'm a big fan of grilled burgers, and brats, and New Year's pork and sauerkraut, and pizza glory in several permutations,... Continue Reading →
Laud & Cheer: Penso’s Pizza, the Absolute Best
Three cheers for Penso's Pizza, oldest and best in my hometown of Dover, Ohio. Which is saying something, given the abundancy of old Italian family pizzerias I grew up on. In Praise of: Tuscarawas County, Ohio Pizza This past Christmas, as the middle of our three sons (my youngest teenager) steadfastly refused to let us... Continue Reading →
Smile a While: Poems to Torment My Kids
My oldest boys about the time of my weekend poetry binge, ages 3 and 1. The Curse of Dad Verse It may (or may not) surprise you: but sometimes I tease my kids to distraction. The way I was raised, I figure it's my honor and duty. As noted in an earlier post detailing "shit... Continue Reading →
Clear Sky Dreamin’ on Such a Winter’s Day
Give me a clear patch of sky and a moderately-clear spot in the snow and I'll be bundled up and out with my scope. Here are the tools I consult to plan even the most spontaneous nights of observing. Tools of the Trade: Weather, Dark Sites & More By the time my family unwrapped our... Continue Reading →
Hanging in Mr. Morgan’s Neighborhood
What can you learn from a spin through your great-great grandparents' hometown, and a stop in the local historical society museum? Plenty. In this case, even though Thomas Morgan's namesake hotel hasn't stood on the corner of Chartiers and Main streets for 50 or more years, there just happened to be a scale model of... Continue Reading →
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