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Jeff Adkins
May 9, 20215 min read
Family reunions
We had some extraordinary Family gatherings when I was a kid. Akron was the epicenter, we still lived on the Hill, but most all other...
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mspenoso
Apr 26, 20212 min read
One Food, Everyday for Life!
If you could eat but one food everyday, the rest of your life, what would that food be? I think about this question a lot, which is why...
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mspenoso
Apr 23, 20212 min read
The Best Lunch Ever!
The reader may ask, "Exactly what makes you a food expert?" Fair question. I am guilty of consuming food many times a day, nearly every...
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Jeff Adkins
Apr 12, 20214 min read
Akron Original: Devilstrips and Sauerkraut balls
Akron originals. Devil strips. Sauerkraut balls
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mspenoso
Apr 7, 20211 min read
Pithy Family Quotes
Family members have a way of creating and perpetuating pithy phrases that all members recognize and use. It just happens. My grandparents...
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Jeff Adkins
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Spouting Off!
Today I solved a problem that had been lurking in the background for many years. My shower seemed like it was losing pressure, that old...
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mspenoso
Mar 5, 20211 min read
Cost of one Human
I'll begin by asking, What is one Human life worth? Correct answer, $72.61 with all the trimmings!
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mspenoso
Feb 27, 20211 min read
Potting Bench
Harbour Freight sells a wood working bench for a modest price. I modified the bench to meet my wife's needs for a potting bench....
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Jeff Adkins
Feb 21, 20212 min read
Who can tell me what this is?
Us kid's who grew up in Akron in the early 60's, before smartphones, had to carry around a tiny personal phone book to keep track of all...
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Jeff Adkins
Feb 21, 20214 min read
Remembering Home at Christmastime
We moved back to my mom’s home on North Hill in Akron in the early January 1957. Best move of my life. But where did all this snow come...
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mspenoso
Feb 15, 20212 min read
Chance Encounter #1
One of the more serendipitous elements of a vacation or trip is a chance to meet interesting people. A most memorable encounter took...
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mspenoso
Feb 14, 20211 min read
Almost Famous
There are many everyday gadgets, gismos, and copyrights that were worked on or created by people you've probably never heard of. These...
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mspenoso
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Gus Johnson
One fall day on the Akron U campus in the late 60's, a friend and I were headed for Memorial Hall. As we got closer, we spotted something...
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Jeff Adkins
Feb 8, 20212 min read
The Family that Flies together..
Don’t presume to finish that sentence. It’s the journey, not the finish line. How it started We were a young married couple watching TV...
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Jeff Adkins
Feb 8, 20212 min read
Best Birthday of My Life
I was 7 at the time and the day and the present were both 7 months late. Still! Did you see the chrome and the white walls? Best...
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Jeff Adkins
Feb 8, 20212 min read
The sign of the crime.
Did you ever do something really stupid involving your girlfriend? No! Well let me tell you what it is like. First you have to accumulate...
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Jeff Adkins
Feb 8, 20213 min read
Butterflies and Boats
Ahh! the Smell of Fiberglass in the Morning It’s Spring, and one of my chores was to store the wood storm windows on the shelf in our...
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mspenoso
Feb 7, 20211 min read
The Lambertville Oak is gone
This piece is an attempt to express my anger and disgust over the removal of a 150 year old majestic oak tree for the turn lane by a...
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Jeff Adkins
Feb 6, 20212 min read
The Race to the Top
How to get ahead without really trying. It was late 1980 and the NASA elves were busily assembling the Columbia Space Shuttle. Uncle Ed...
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