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Recovery & A.T. Hike Featured on WKYC TV-3 | My cardiologist, Eiran Gorodeski MD, MPH, recommended I share my story with others on television. I met with TV-3 Reporter Lindsay Buckingham on December 5, 2023, at a special location. In this recovery blog post, I will share an update on the great progress I have made since my open-heart surgery on April 27, 2023

PechaKucha CLE: Lakefront Stories & Future | This unique PechaKucha Night Cleveland dealt with the important work of first looking at the lakefront's history and then making plans to improve the City of Cleveland's waterfront. I hope to look back at this blog post in future years after the Cleveland’s North Coast Master Plan project is completed and I am standing on the lakeshore enjoying the new lakefront of Cleveland.

Twitterversary Canceled - Twitter Bird Killed | Starting in 2010, I would annually announce/celebrate my Twitterversary in October. This year, with the owner of Twitter deciding to kill off the Twitter bird, and my being barred from using Twitter in any productive way, my Twitterversary is canceled for 2023. For me, the Twitter that I had known and found useful is now gone.

Norman Rockwell Museum - Amazing Original Art | The first time I visited the Norman Rockwell Museum, I thought I knew Norman Rockwell's artwork, but as I wrote in my thru-hike journal, seeing this original artwork was nothing less than amazing!! Every time I have visited the Norman Rockwell Museum, I have learned and seen something new. I hope this blog post encourages you to visit the museum.

IngenuityFest 2023: Biologies & Geologies | I want to publicly express here how grateful I am to Ingenuity Cleveland leadership and their community partners for this year's gathering of creative people in Cleveland. My family enjoyed exploring the artistically lit caverns of Ingenuity Cleveland's 300,000-square-foot Hamilton Collaborative, and talking to people at the community organization booths.

34th Annual CMA Chalk Festival | I am so glad I was able to attend the 34th Annual Cleveland Museum of Art Chalk Festival on Sunday, September 17, 2023 -- my 11th year taking photos and videos of the event. I hope you enjoy what I put together to capture the artwork and the atmosphere of the event.

A Passion for the Future: NASA Aeronautics | Thank you, NASA Glenn Research Center, for the NASA Aviation Day which was a free, public event that took place on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at the Cleveland IX Center. I enjoyed talking to NASA Aeronautics staff members. They shared their knowledge about new technology developments with great passion.

77th Annual One World Day - Record Attendance | Thank you, Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation leadership, for contributing your time & talent to make One World Day 2023 a grand success! Not only did you break a record for the number of Parade of Flags participants, but the NEO community came together to support your vision of "peace through mutual understanding" with a record number of attendees!

Thanks for an Informative Buckeye TrailFest | I am so glad that I was able to attend the 10th Annual Buckeye TrailFest at Shawnee State Park, August 17-20, 2023. The main purpose of this blog post is to thank the organizers and presenters of the Buckeye TrailFest 2023 for sharing their talents to create a successful event. I am very grateful for all their efforts to make a welcoming and educational event for all attendees.

Summer Vacation 2023 | We wanted to share our summer vacation with you, so we created this blog post to capture our experiences in and around South Haven, Michigan, and at the Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, Ohio.We were very grateful to be able to go on this wonderful vacation after the events that occurred earlier this year.

Community Celebrates Cleveland Foundation 2023 | A year ago, I learned about the grand opening of the Cleveland Foundation's new headquarters building in 2023. I had learned that the building was going to be much more than the Foundation's home for their staff to work in -- it will also be a resource for the greater community to use! In May 2023, it was announced that Lillian Kuri would be the new leader of the Foundation.

Cleveland History Days 2023 | With over 50 events happening during Cleveland History Days 2023, I was grateful to the organizations that hosted so many interesting activities. I was so impressed with all that was happening during these 10 days, that I wanted to capture what I could in my blog post. I hope you enjoy the following and share with others.