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UH Post: HCM Patient Returns to Hiking the AT | On January 2, 2024, I was asked by the University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute to have my story added to the University Hospitals website for February -- American Heart Month. As we come to the end of American Heart Month 2024, I am glad to share their blog post about my HCM recovery story with you on my blog.

2024 Lunar New Year: The Year Of The Dragon | We enjoyed the Cleveland's Year of the Dragon Lunar New Year Celebration at Asia Plaza on February 11, 2024, and then went to the Year of the Dragon Downtown Akron Lunar New Year Celebration at Akron Civic Theatre on February 18, 2024. We enjoyed participating in both of these celebrations, and wanted to create this blog post to share with you some of what we saw.

Six Days: Ten CLE Metroparks & Orienteering | This year, I decided to do something different, and complete the Trail Challenge in one week. I picked the first full week of February to hike "... in 10 different Cleveland Metroparks reservations ..." In total, I hiked five days on 14 trails in ten reservations. I also attended a Northeastern Ohio Orienteering Club event at Geauga Park District's The West Woods.

Recovery: Snowy Interview with Spectrum News 1 | This, my fifth HCM blog post, is about my being interviewed on January 22, 2024, by Spectrum News 1 reporter Kimberly Perez. It is a continuation of the last HCM recovery blog post, and a result of my cardiologist, Eiran Gorodeski MD, MPH, recommending that I share my story on television. I refer to this as my second "recovery" blog post of my HCM series.

Maelstrom Collaborative Arts' Saturnalia 2024 | I decided to write this blog post to thank the leadership of Maelstrom Collaborative Arts. I support what Maelstrom Collaborative Arts has created, and I was impressed by the friendliness of everyone at Saturnalia 2024. I hope this blog post encourages you to learn more about Maelstrom Collaborative Arts and to partake in some of their entertainment!

DigitalC: Commit to Digitally Equitable Future | I was fortunate to be able to attend the DigitalC Citywide Network Launch Party. It is my hope that this blog post encourages you to join the people who attended the launch event in making the commitment to support the DigitalC mission.

Recovery & A.T. Hike Featured on WKYC TV-3 | My cardiologist, Eiran Gorodeski MD, MPH, recommended I share my story with others on television. I met with TV-3 Reporter Lindsay Buckingham on December 5, 2023, at a special location. In this recovery blog post, I will share an update on the great progress I have made since my open-heart surgery on April 27, 2023

PechaKucha CLE: Lakefront Stories & Future | This unique PechaKucha Night Cleveland dealt with the important work of first looking at the lakefront's history and then making plans to improve the City of Cleveland's waterfront. I hope to look back at this blog post in future years after the Cleveland’s North Coast Master Plan project is completed and I am standing on the lakeshore enjoying the new lakefront of Cleveland.

Twitterversary Canceled - Twitter Bird Killed | Starting in 2010, I would annually announce/celebrate my Twitterversary in October. This year, with the owner of Twitter deciding to kill off the Twitter bird, and my being barred from using Twitter in any productive way, my Twitterversary is canceled for 2023. For me, the Twitter that I had known and found useful is now gone.

Norman Rockwell Museum - Amazing Original Art | The first time I visited the Norman Rockwell Museum, I thought I knew Norman Rockwell's artwork, but as I wrote in my thru-hike journal, seeing this original artwork was nothing less than amazing!! Every time I have visited the Norman Rockwell Museum, I have learned and seen something new. I hope this blog post encourages you to visit the museum.

IngenuityFest 2023: Biologies & Geologies | I want to publicly express here how grateful I am to Ingenuity Cleveland leadership and their community partners for this year's gathering of creative people in Cleveland. My family enjoyed exploring the artistically lit caverns of Ingenuity Cleveland's 300,000-square-foot Hamilton Collaborative, and talking to people at the community organization booths.

34th Annual CMA Chalk Festival | I am so glad I was able to attend the 34th Annual Cleveland Museum of Art Chalk Festival on Sunday, September 17, 2023 -- my 11th year taking photos and videos of the event. I hope you enjoy what I put together to capture the artwork and the atmosphere of the event.