Archive for May, 2008
Peninsula Python Posse Winner
It seems like I am unable to read the calendar these days. I wrote that I would draw one name from the list of those who posted a comment on my last My Town Monday post, which I did. I also wrote that I would select a name on Thursday, May 30, which doesn’t […]
Published by fromskilledhands on May 30th, 2008 tagged Giveaway, Peninsula, Cuyahoga Valley, My Town Monday, Peninsula Python | 6 Comments »
My Town Monday: the Story of the Peninsula Python
So the story goes like this: back in the summer of 1944, a traveling circus came through Bath Township, which is a short distance from the Village of Peninsula. There was an accident in the local cemetery, and two large snakes escaped. One was found dead, and the other disappeared—for a short while. […]
Published by fromskilledhands on May 25th, 2008 tagged Discoveries, Giveaway, Peninsula, Cuyahoga Valley, My Town Monday, Peninsula Python | 19 Comments »
Six Word Memoir: 21 Years or So
Twenty-one years.
Great Guy.
Love Grows.
Published by fromskilledhands on May 23rd, 2008 tagged here and now, Smiles, Caring, Today, Gratitude, Love | 9 Comments »
Food For Thought: Sustainability
Over at Seize A Daisy, fellow blogger and NE Ohioan, Larramie, posted about The Truth of Consumer Consequences. She explores “the question of how sustainable is America’s current lifestyle? ”
Linking to the Consumer Consequences game, Larramie asks some important questions. I found my answers sobering. We live pretty simply; however, our very […]
Published by fromskilledhands on May 21st, 2008 tagged Change, Community, Sustainability | 8 Comments »
My Town Monday: Home is Where the Art Is
The Village of Peninsula, Ohio, population 602, has a long history of creativity and of independent thinking. From the early settlers to the builders of the railroad and the Ohio and Erie Canal, people in the area took risks, expanded their horizons and shared their visions.
In the late 1930’s-early 1940’s, a number of […]
Published by fromskilledhands on May 18th, 2008 tagged Art, Craft, Giveaway, Peninsula, Cuyahoga Valley, My Town Monday, Community, Home | 9 Comments »
My Town Monday: Better Late Than Never
I have learned an important thing these past few days. My Town is a state of mind. I have traveled more this past month than I have in a very long time; first to New York City at the end of April, and to the Lake Eden Arts Festival, in Black Mountain, NC, this […]
Published by fromskilledhands on May 13th, 2008 tagged creativity, Art, Craft, Discoveries, My Town Monday, Home | 13 Comments »
Happy Trails to Me
#2 daughter and I are off to North Carolina for the Lake Eden Arts Festival this afternoon.
We’ll be traveling with some good friends in a rented SUV; it’s probably the best vehicle for 3 adults, 3 teen aged kids, all our stuff and our camping gear, but I feel like I want to attach […]
Published by fromskilledhands on May 7th, 2008 tagged creativity, Craft, Change, Discoveries, Community, Spring, Traveling | 5 Comments »
My Town Monday: Of Boats and Stones and Hobos
Another tip of the hat to Travis Erwin, the master behind My Town Monday. After your visit here, wander on over to his site; you will find links to bloggers’ sites that will take you all over the world.
Each week I learn more about my town, the Village of Peninsula, located in the stunningly […]