Years ago, I gave up on New Year’s resolutions. They just aren’t me. Within two weeks, the list of broken resolutions is much longer than the ones still resolved. So several years ago, I decided that I would find two pieces of prose or poetry to use each and every day for the next year to […]
Many Christmas Eves ago, in fact, more than I care to admit I, along with my friend Susie, was chosen to play a duet for the Christmas Eve Pageant at our church. I was only seven, and so was she. We were the youngest choir members ever chosen to play the xylophone duet of “Silent Night” […]
Last night at the blogger meetup at The Town Fryer, the conversation turned to our favorite movies and shows that we just couldn’t miss watching during the holiday season and whether the necessity of this act would be considered a tradition or a ritual. For some reason last night, I listened to the conversation, but […]
Last night, my friend Christine and I attended our first Burning River Brass concert at the incredible Pilgrim Congregational Church. I have been to other events at the church, but I am sad to say I had never attended a concert presented by Arts Renaissance Tremont until last night . They have been offering this incredible music […]
The City Mission is a local agency fueled by local participation. This agency was born in Cleveland during the early 1900’s and has grown in capacity and scope, but to me, until a few weeks ago it was a relatively unknown quantity. George set up a tour and an interview at The City Mission; go here to […]
The question is, will it?
I received this email from my friend, Barbara Siss Oney early this morning.
Regional Businesses could deliver up to $6 million to Hopkins
A group of leading businesses across the region have come together to offer Hopkins a unique high-tech marketing solution for our community that has the potential to deliver up to […]
Today in the Plain Dealer I read an editorial by Joe Frolik that indicated that Scott Wolstein said that a new convention center for downtown Cleveland should be rethought because it isn’t a matter of “build it and they will come” like the movie Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner. I have paraphrased the quote but […]
Today the holiday season officially started in the Ferris household. We attended our friend’s Holiday Open House. She holds it the first Saturday of December each year, and I use it as my offical start to the Christmas season. She or her roommate graciously greet each guest and are sure to introduce them to people as they […]