Archive: A family visit and dance recital for our granddaughters
RichC | June 3, 2025
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Archiving (clearing out) a few older leftover photos for #TBT
RichC | December 5, 2024
It is the time of year to clean up my blog’s photo folder — a place where I save photos that I might want to archive on the blog. Usually there’s a reason they don’t get used, but before tossing them due to a new year, it is time to do some housecleaning. First up […]
Archive: Labor Day Weekend photos in Toledo with KDAE
RichC | September 4, 2024
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Connecting with family led to talking about “end of life” planning
RichC | June 30, 2024
Every once in a while my cousin Diane calls or text messages me to catch-up on our lives. She is a few of years older than me, but once you hit a certain age, those “few years” aren’t the same as when she was in high school or college and I was still in junior […]
Look who’s “ogling” a cyber truck in Toledo, Ohio …
RichC | May 28, 2024
My son-in-law Drew sent a photo (below) of the Oostra family after spotting a Tesla Cyber Truck in Toledo, Ohio over the weekend … and knowing his consistant interest, I won’t be surprise to see one in their garage someday! He has been “ogling” them since Elon Musk first announced the new truck in 2019 […]
Earl’s Sinclair Gas and Auto Service Station – Toledo Ohio #TBT
RichC | August 24, 2023
While visiting with my extended family at my Uncle Sonny’s Celebration of Life earlier this month, a few of us exchanged phone numbers so we could better stay in touch. My cousin Dan forwarded a paper that highlighted my Grandfather Corbett’s Sinclair gas station and Earl’s Auto Service in South Toledo. It was interesting to […]
Our six-year old granddaughter’s dance recital weekend
RichC | May 24, 2023
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My brother emailed a photo of our grandfather from 1966 #TBT
RichC | December 22, 2022
Tis the season, to reflect a bit … at least for me. I posted a few old photos last week, so when my brother sent me one of Earl Daniel Corbett, our grandfather, it seemed appropriate for Throwback Thursday #TBT. He mentioned that he came across it at a Corbett family reunion and said it […]
Leftover family weekend photos and a Mud Hens game
RichC | September 13, 2022
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Holy Toledo! It looks like a Rivian R1T EV being charged
RichC | March 27, 2022
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Archive: Toledo Area Parent magazine article – Mar/Apr 2022
RichC | March 5, 2022
What parent doesn’t enjoy seeing their adult children respected enough in their profession to be asked to comment? Since I’m one that does keep an online scrapbook of sorts (this blog) … I’m archiving a recent article with Katelyn in Toledo Area Parent titled “Less Mealtime Stress with Responsive Feeding.” Seems like a week to […]
A couple weekend family photos – spiders, movies and art
RichC | July 20, 2021
Figured I would archive a couple leftover photos and an animated gif from a nice weekend working out in the yard. Since the concrete crew has not started the driveway project yet, I am continuing to clear brush and cut low branches (contemplating large concrete mixing trucks). Once again, the bonfire brush pile is starting […]
A Toledo Mud Hens game and Katelyn’s surprise birthday party
RichC | May 26, 2021
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Washing cars, opening the pool before a surprise trip to Toledo
RichC | May 25, 2021
This past weekend was a busy weekend and won’t likely let up for a little while – full schedule … and I’m not even really back to traveling for work! It started with getting the mowing finished up on Friday night so that I could spend time on getting the initial pool cleaning and pump […]
Happy Birthday Annalyn. Thinking about my granddaughter.
RichC | March 4, 2021
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Celebrating Ellerie (1) and Annalyn’s (4) Birthdays in Toledo
RichC | March 2, 2021
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Happy Birthday “daddy” Drew … and very good one he is!
RichC | December 13, 2020
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Our family is getting into the 2020 Christmas decorating spirit
RichC | December 1, 2020
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Who wants ice cream? The inside scoop on the Zeroll scooper.
RichC | May 3, 2020
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Obituary: Doris Eggleston. An educator than made a difference.
RichC | April 26, 2020
Some of us are fortunate in life to have had a few teachers take enough interest to make a difference. I suspect they inherently knew the positive influence a good teacher can make long after a student leaves their classroom. One such teacher, really an extra curricular advisor for me, was Doris Eggleston. Last week […]
Pediatrician Dr. Katelyn Oostra really knows her stuff (smile)
RichC | June 29, 2018
I can’t help myself … but when your daughter is the one the news goes to for summer heat and kids advice … a dad is super proud.
Weekend chores rewarded with granddaughter fun at the zoo
RichC | June 11, 2018
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If laughter is good medicine, we are pretty drugged up :-)
RichC | January 27, 2018
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Katelyn & Drew are rekindling my connection to Toledo, Ohio
RichC | December 28, 2017
My daughter and son-in-law, who moved back to Ohio in 2017, send me occasional updates from my "birth" city and the surrounding area. This past week the Toledo Blade reflected on 2017 in the "glass city" with its Finding Nellie illustration and included the Promedica Promenade Park revitalization … with Drew’s dad dancing in the […]
A couple doctors back to the hospitals that cared for me
RichC | September 12, 2017
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Remembering Summer and my childhood on Lake Erie #TBT
RichC | August 31, 2017
As I reflect on this past weekend with family and as summer comes to a close, a Throwback Thursday #TBT mental image and old photo reminds me of just how idyllic my own childhood was. Brenda and I hope we replicated that for our own children and are now doing our best to be the […]
A quick visit to Perrysburg Ohio to see Katelyn, Drew and Annalyn
RichC | July 6, 2017
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Our family settling into a new city with a house of their own
RichC | July 2, 2017
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Babysitting duty and exploring where I grew up
RichC | May 2, 2017
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Together with Katelyn and Drew for their baby reveal [video]
RichC | November 8, 2016
The highlight of this past weekend was in getting together with the Oostra family on a sunny and beautiful Sunday afternoon where Katelyn and Drew had a “Baby Oostra” reveal party. A popular trend nowadays is for young couples to make the gender reveal “an event” … and creativity seems to be the key. A […]
Thanks for the memories: Jim Raab
RichC | August 24, 2015
It is not one of the better quality photos, but my brother Ron (right) sent me a “guess who this is” photo from a trip he took this past weekend. At first I didn’t know who was in the photo with him, but after a close look at the background I deduced that it was […]
Can downtown Toledo follow the urban revitalization trend?
RichC | January 8, 2015
The answer is YES if ProMedica’s President and CEO Randy Oostra has anything to say about it (video below). The company plans to move their corporate headquarters to the abandoned historic Toledo Edison Steam Plant property on the Maumee riverfront in a bold move which will play a significant role in boosting the local Toledo […]
Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
- lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.