Monthly Archives: April 2010

In my monthly column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer we visit Wooster, Ohio this month: If you are looking for a place to spend a late spring day amidst flowers and trees that are bursting into full bloom consider the … Continue reading →

If the sun is shining it doesn’t really matter what the temperature is to fans of area flea markets. One of the biggest in northern Ohio as well as long-established is Jamie’s Flea Market in South Amherst.  Open every Wednesday … Continue reading →

It was 45 years ago this April 11 that a savage giant tornado swept across the night-time skies of northeast Ohio and left in its wake 17 people dead in Lorain and Cuyahoga County. The worst of the damage was … Continue reading →

While it is more museum than factory, the Original American Kazoo Company in Eden, New York, not far from Buffalo, is still turning out what some say is the only true original American musical instrument, the Kazoo.  It certainly is … Continue reading →