Up Close and…Covered in Fur
January 25, 2010 – 10:44 pm
This is Lady, named after the character Marguerite St. Just, from the book “The Scarlet Pimpernel.” I’ve been tryin’ to break out of this funk, and find some new things to shoot. I woke up the other morning to find her sleeping next to me, and the light seemed just right. (Clicking on the photos opens a larger version in another window.)
Winter Days - 2010
January 19, 2010 – 10:00 pm
Ice carvings done by Steve Griffea and Dan Branhan of DeLuca’s Place in the Park
Timber, retired, one of six Siberian Huskies at the sled dog demo.
Winter Days Festival 2010
January 13, 2010 – 10:55 pmAvoid the indoor blues and come out to enjoy a day at the park! Ice carving, sleigh rides, dogsled demonstrations (and dogs!), Benjamin Bacon Museum tours, kids crafts, hikes, food and fun! Sledding hill open and ice harvesting demonstrations (weather permitting). Snowshoe hikes on the hour from 1-3 (weather permitting). Join us for the outdoor activities then warm up in front of a roaring fire in the Carriage Barn.
Saturday, January 16 from 11am - 4pm
Sunday, January 17 from 12pm - 4pm
It’s Just Not the Same…
January 12, 2010 – 6:27 pmSettlers’ Watch is a beautiful greenspace, and we have Loraine and the City of Lorain to thank. That being said, it’s just not the same in the winter. Snow is a poor substitute for the colors of spring and the green of summer. The carvings of Bud Emerson seem a bit forlorn without the artwork of Mother Nature surrounding them.
Lorain County MetroParks Are Looking for Help
January 10, 2010 – 12:05 pmThe Lorain County Metro Parks are offering numerous 12-month positions for everything from historical re-enactors to developing new educational displays.
Two one-hour volunteer-orientation sessions will take place at the Carlisle Visitors Center on Jan. 12 — one at 10 a.m., the other at 7 p.m.
Those interested are required to register by the end of the business day on Monday, Jan. 11. Contact the Park Office by phone at 440-458-5121 or 800-LCM-PARK or online at www.LorainCountyMetroParks.com.
The Carlisle Visitors Center is at 12882 Diagonal Road, LaGrange
From Shame to Shameful to Shameless
January 7, 2010 – 7:11 pmFirst of all, I’d like to apologize to all of the folks that came here today and were subjected to 2 - six-letter pieces of profanity directed at me by the owner of a local business. I try to keep this site clean of language like that, and do not tolerate any use of it. Unfortunately, it has progressed even farther (lower?) than that.
Anyone who’s followed any of my ‘Fame It-Shame It’ series, has seen photos of houses and businesses that had been allowed to deteriorate to the point of violating numerous codes, and even so much as dragging down the values of those properties surrounding them.
Such was the case involving the Westgate Plaza last summer. The shopping center has become decrepit and, at the time, was the location of two businesses. One of those businesses used an upturned gun to designate the letter “L” in the word Criminal in the business’ name. I felt this to be socially and civically irresponsible, though I did not say that at the time. The owner of said business, came on here and then emailed me at my home, threatening legal action if I didn’t take down the post. He accused me of ridiculous things, of which he obviously was unfamiliar with and then he threatened me personally if it was not removed. I then contacted the Lorain Police, forwarding all the emails he had sent, and an officer was sent to the business to address the owner.
End of story? Hardly.
He relocated his business to downtown, and then had the audacity to come back here and advertise it. Since I was not going to let him do this, considering the trouble he’d caused, I removed the last digit of his phone number. He also announced the fact that he could make anyone’s vehicle capable of breaking a recently passed noise ordinance, like that was something to be proud of.
I went by his new digs, and photographed his recently acquired property. The photos depicted his business, and now his ‘logo’ had an “Explicit” sign over the upturned weapon. The article also included comments he’d made on this site, and in emails to my personal account.
So, fast forward to today: He comes by here, sees the photos of his business with the comments he left, and calls me the 2 six-letter words. He has NOW added a page to his business’ website, calling me names, and claiming that I gave a false report to the Police Department, doctored the emails, and I forget what-all-else. It also reads like a second grader wrote it, there are that many typos and grammatical errors.
Anyone who has followed my work here and elsewhere knows that I don’t post ANYTHING unless it’s true. I don’t lie, I don’t fabricate anything, and there are a lot of folks that will attest to that. This was necessary a few years ago because I posted under a pseudonym and, if I was going to be taken seriously with the alias, my facts and any information had to be right on. This is something I have continued here.
So, now this ‘reputable?’ business owner has dedicated part of his website to discredit? and embarrass me. Unfortunately, it only makes him look bad that a business would share space with a personal attack on another individual. He has also made it his business to find out where I live, posting a photo of my home on his site, and promising even “more to come.” Oh, and before I forget again, he likens me to a feminine hygiene product. Everything you’d expect from a person who wants to ‘maintain’ a good reputation, or as good of one as is possible with a business with the word “criminal” in the name, and an owner who makes public threats to people.
Can you imagine anyone wanting to do business with someone like that? Yea, me either. Career suicide is how it reads to me. All of this because he couldn’t bring himself to just ask me to remove the photos. He had to threaten and attack me. I guess it maintained the theme of his profession.
So, again, apologies to all who may have been offended by this business owner’s language.