Author: David
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Bulbs Away!
This past weekend (October 30/31), we planted our bulbs for Spring. Our primary planting place was the new flower bed off the patio, although Sue squeezed in some of the bulbs into the shade bed near the rear of the yard. Next year’s crop will include Crocus, Hyancinth, Tulips and Daffodils. Should be colorful!
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Gotta See Barry!
 Last night, October 15, we went to see Barry Manilow in concert. This was our little fun anniversary present. After all, despite the curious looks from friends and co-workers, if the guy who sings “Copa CABANa” was coming to town, we just had to see him! Having never been to a Manilow concert, we didn’t…
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End of an Era
On Saturday, September 18, Joe Banks finally left the bachelorhood and got himself married. Joe is a college friend and former roommate. We lived together from about 1988 to 1992 in apartments around Cleveland Heights, and also shared the common interest of volunteering at WRUW, the radio station at CWRU. A couple of years ago,…
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19 Years Old and Still Going Strong
Sunday, September 5th, marked the 19th Anniversary of my radio show, “Sunday Matinee”. I began hosting this Sunday show in a 12:30pm-2:00pm timeslot on Sundays back in 1985. That was my sophomore year at Case Western Reserve University. After a couple of years the show was expanded by 30 minutes to air from 12 Noon-2:00pm…
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Bumper Crop at Caban Farm!
We’ve had a very successful year at Caban Farm. We were deluged with tomatoes this year (5 large plants + direct full sun all day = hundreds of tomatoes). We were overwhelmed with cherry tomatoes, and buried in Roma’s. Fortunately, we have a nice recipe for tomato sauce and made three batches within the span…
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Top Speech Evaluator in Northeast Ohio
On Saturday, April 24, I competed in the Northeast Ohio District Toastmasters Speech Contest. I was one of eight contestants in the “Speech Evaluation” contest, which measures a contestant’s ability to provide helpful feedback to a given speaker. The target speaker gave a humorous recount of a day in her life in which everything seemed…