zondag 21 april 2019

zondag 21 april 2019 Pasen, Pâques, Easter. I'm taking the day off from blogging. I'm visiting family in Powell, Ohio. Hanging out with the kids, watching basketball and eating lemon cookies.

zaterdag 20 april 2019

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

zaterdag 20 april 2019 98.5 FM is Cleveland's Classic Rock. What a great classic! I hear Jimi Hendrix playing All Along The Watchtower. It rained all night, and the city is drenched. Tappan Square looks like a swamp, but the kids are enjoying the Easter egg hunt.

Happy 420 everyone! Enjoy your grass!

vrijdag 19 april 2019

vrijdag 19 april 2019 Due to inclement weather Indians game against Braves postponed, doubleheader scheduled for Saturday. How does Carlos Santana #41 feel about that?

Yep. It's a rainy day. I get a chance to get out when I am treated to lunch at Dave's Cosmic Subs. Very yummy!

It's a shock to my system! It was very lovely yesterday. Sunny and warm. It's 100% precipitation and 42°F in Oberlin today.

We all got this amber alert yesterday. All of our phones went off. How noisy! 2-month-old child taken from Warren found.

donderdag 18 april 2019

donderdag 18 april 2019 The Brickyard for lunch. I love the vegan Cavatappi. My brother, the carnivore, gets the Americana burger. My mom always gets the fish sandwich.

One of the 10 Best Thrift Stores in Oberlin - Goodwill. We find a couple nice items for my apartment - a lovely blue chair and a solid wood table. Nice additions to my place, I think.

Then the Oberlin Supercenter! I've never been in a Walmart. Floor lamp, toaster, microwave and a vacuum cleaner. Groceries, too.

After a hard day of shopping, I sit and relax with a Corona.

woensdag 17 april 2019

woensdag 17 april 2019 Picked up at the Robert K. Pfaff Transit Center in Akron. It's an amazing place... huge and new!

This apartment at the Oberlin Gardens has nothing but a blow-up mattress, but I welcome it after a long 74-hour trip.

The birds wake me up in the morning. My NPR station is WCPN... connecting Northeast Ohioans with their world. Ideastream! Down to the Oberlin Public Library to use their Wi-Fi. It's a lovely day in Oberlin - 68° and a little cloudy. Walking around Oberlin College is wonderful. College boys in shorts! 😋 (I'm wearing shorts, too.) Appreciate the architecture. Many daffodils in Tappan Square.

I get to enjoy the emergence of Spring all over again.

dinsdag 16 april 2019

dinsdag 16 april 2019 Thank you for a comfortable and quiet night's sleep. Up - bright and early - in Chicago at the Holiday Inn & Suites.

It's just a few steps from the hotel to the Greyhound station. Turn on WLS-7 for the news, weather and traffic. No storms to deal with. Top story - No evidence of arson at Notre Dame fire. Picture of Notre Dame during cherry blossom time.

The bus station has a food court where I ate 3 big fluffy pancakes with syrup. A STUDENT DRIVER? Only a dozen passengers. Thank you and good-bye Chicago. See you again soon.

Au peuple de France, je voudrais dire que la cathédrale Notre-Dame, c'était comme un cadeau à l'espèce humaine. WOW! Pete Buttegieg relates condolences on Notre Dame fire in French.

Ohio! Crossing the border slipped my notice. The construction on the freeways look the same in both Indiana and Ohio. It slows up traffic a lot, and I'm getting nervous if I'm going to get to Cleveland on time. I worry if I'll catch my connection to Akron and meet up with my ride to Oberlin. I'm going to post this while I have reliable Wi-Fi.

maandag 15 april 2019

maandag 15 april 2019 Nice to be in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Time to just kick back and relax a couple hours in the bus terminal... waiting for my next bus to Chicago.

Slow going on I-94 near Menomonie. Wisconsin DOT! Is this really necessary? So frustrating! 😩

Blaze defestates Notre-Dame cathedral. Very sad! Can anything be saved? I grieve with you, France.