Family
Easter Family Picnic
Family gathering at Mom & Dad’s fine Ross abode, eating outside in this super great spring weather. Missing Shelly and the rest of her family…
The Wessels Family Tree
My Uncle Steve Wessels – who I alternately blame and thank for my obsession with technology – several years ago (15 or so, it appears) worked extensively to compile a comprehensive listing of the Wessels family tree, including birth dates and dates of death, for just about everyone going all the back to Germany for [...]
Building Cincinnati drinking in downtown Cincinnati
Kevin LeMaster, author of the wonderful Building Cincinnati, is drinking on Fountain Square during Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
Lucky me
I am going to indulge a second. Wait. Isn’t that what blogs are for anyway? Well, regardless, today is my birthday. Happy Birthday to me! But I have felt so lucky today – especially in light of what happened Sunday. Melissa – my beautiful, talented, smart, funny, thoughtful, caring, tremendously supportive, understanding and kind girlfriend [...]
Grandma’s got wi-fi!
Grandma has a hot, live wi-fi connection in her family room, at her kitchen table, on her enclosed patio and in her backyard. It’s hot-damn amazing, if you ask me. I’m using it right now to post this post. To be honest, it’s not hers. It’s coming from a neighbor, best I can tell off [...]
The magic is back, for the most part…
When I was a kid I loved Kings Island. I can’t remember exactly what age I was when I first had a season pass to the Mason, Ohio amusement park, but I think I was maybe 10 or 11 years old. That would make sense, since I started giving my summers away to the YMCA [...]
Back from vacation
That’s my Mom (Judy) on a flotation device in the swimming pool adjacent to the beach house I just got done spending a solid week in just outside of Destin, Fla. Went there with the whole family – Mom, Dad and my sister’s family and some of her in-laws. It was a good time. To [...]
Joe and the kids
Joe and the kids Originally uploaded by hjoew. Getting together for Mother’s Day – at the Northgate TGI Fridays, no less (formerly the “Prime Wine,” remember that?) – I took my three nieces and two cousins on a little “walk” around the parking lot. Here we sit in the former drive-through of a bank that [...]
Kailey is 4? Yep.
Yeah, my niece Kailey turned 4-years-old recently. Kind of hard to believe these kids – when fed and exercised regularly – actually grow. But it happens. For example, my nephew Connor just began Kindergarten which seems impossible. That would mean I’m 32. Oh wait. I am 32. Geez. Here’s some photos from the party (and [...]
New photo galleries added
It’s been a while, but I’ve uploaded more photos to my Web site. Recently added items include photos of my 32nd birthday get-together with family and a few friends and my nephew’s coming-of-age 5th birthday extravaganza. Plus photos taken at the Heart’s Desire Party at the Red Cheetah and ASG‘s Civic Engagement Series at St. [...]
