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77th Annual One World Day - Record Attendance | Thank you, Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation leadership, for contributing your time & talent to make One World Day 2023 a grand success! Not only did you break a record for the number of Parade of Flags participants, but the NEO community came together to support your vision of "peace through mutual understanding" with a record number of attendees!

Thanks for an Informative Buckeye TrailFest | I am so glad that I was able to attend the 10th Annual Buckeye TrailFest at Shawnee State Park, August 17-20, 2023. The main purpose of this blog post is to thank the organizers and presenters of the Buckeye TrailFest 2023 for sharing their talents to create a successful event. I am very grateful for all their efforts to make a welcoming and educational event for all attendees.

Summer Vacation 2023 | We wanted to share our summer vacation with you, so we created this blog post to capture our experiences in and around South Haven, Michigan, and at the Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, Ohio.We were very grateful to be able to go on this wonderful vacation after the events that occurred earlier this year.

Community Celebrates Cleveland Foundation 2023 | A year ago, I learned about the grand opening of the Cleveland Foundation's new headquarters building in 2023. I had learned that the building was going to be much more than the Foundation's home for their staff to work in -- it will also be a resource for the greater community to use! In May 2023, it was announced that Lillian Kuri would be the new leader of the Foundation.

Cleveland History Days 2023 | With over 50 events happening during Cleveland History Days 2023, I was grateful to the organizations that hosted so many interesting activities. I was so impressed with all that was happening during these 10 days, that I wanted to capture what I could in my blog post. I hope you enjoy the following and share with others.

My Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Part Three | In this third and final blog post about my December 2022 through spring 2023 experiences with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, I share information about my week on the University Hospitals third floor in both the Cardiothoracic ICU, and then the post-surgical telemetry unit. I end the blog post writing about my first week and month at home.

My Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Part 2: Surgery | On April 7, 2023, I had an appointment to choose one of two life-changing procedures to regain the life I had before I started having hypertrophic cardiomyopathy related symptoms approximately four months ago. I was a good candidate for either procedure -- the decision was mine!!

My Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Part One | As you will read in this blog post about my condition, you will learn that despite having hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, modern medicine does offer hope for getting rid of the debilitating symptoms.

sosAssociates.com Blogiversary: Eleven | The focus of my blog posts has evolved over these 11 years since my co-writer and wife, Julie Smith, and I started writing our blog posts on March 8, 2012. I enjoy documenting activities in which I participate, and invite you to read my blog posts that cover topics of interest to you.

Rockin' Science in Cleveland - MLK Day 2023 | We want to share the fun we had on Monday, January 16, 2023, where the "City meets the Lake" (Cleveland's North Coast Harbor) on the day our nation honors the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Thank you to the Great Lakes Science Center and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for opening their doors admission-free to the public on this special day!

Belated New Year Thank Yous & 2022 Reflections | I want to now share some of my adventures and activities from this past year, and state how I appreciate those people/organizations that enriched my life in 2022. I am also using the blog post to honor my dad, Stuart O. Smith, Sr., and express how grateful I am to have had a great deal of quality time with him this past year.

Edgewater Park Sewer Tour | Thank you to The City Club and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) for the Tuesday, October 11, 2022, "... unique tour inside NEORSD’s sewer system at Edgewater Beach." This blog post is about the sewer tour, along with additional information about NEORSD and its water outfall near Cleveland Metroparks Edgewater Beach.