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After the Fort Wayne Nationals Mark and I drove through Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York on the way home. We stayed overnight in Cincinnati, Columbus (OH) and Erie (PA). After we left Cincinnati Mark dropped me off in Xenia while he explored nearby Dayton. I was on a mission to see the town of Helen Hooven Santmyer, who became an unlikely sensation ( Read more... )

Mark and I drove to Fort Wayne but stopped off in Toledo, Ohio first. We covered six states on this trip: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and New York. It was my first time in IN and KY. When we checked in at the Grand Wayne Convention Center I chose a set of blue tiles and picked up my new editions of the Official Tournament and ( Read more... )

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I just received a postcard from my friend Sharon. She visited Rita's Tea Room in Big Pond, Nova Scotia, where late Canadian singer Rita MacNeil used to live. It is now a concert venue and restaurant. Sharon however chose not to mail it from Big Pond. We two certainly think alike, as we both choose where to post our mail in order to get unique or ( Read more... )

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