Ping Pong Variations Increase Family Fun
Ping Pong Variations Increase Family Fun
By: claycormany in Family
Here’s something I discovered in the basement of my childhood home many years ago: Ping pong is one of the best family games ever invented. With the exercise it provides along with improved hand-eye coordination, ping pong is a far better form of entertainment than television or video games. And — as long as competitive […]
Children’s Parade Helps Ease Pressures of the Day
By: claycormany in Family
Pandemics, protests, and political mudslinging — it all gets to be too much after awhile, and when it does I have to find some relief. For me, grandchildren provide the best source of relief. They don’t have to be doing anything special, but when they do, it can be a genuine treat. One such treat […]
Storytelling: A Legacy Worth Continuing
By: claycormany in Family
On this Mother’s Day, I am prompted to remember my mother Shirley (Rowe) Cormany, and the many ways she enriched my life from my childhood years into adulthood. One of the most-valuable gifts she ever gave me was storytelling. It was a two-fold gift since she both read stories to me and gave me stories […]
The Ohio State Fair: A Link to the Past
By: claycormany in Family
As I grow older, I place a greater value on those places and people that connect me to my ever-receding past. Ohio State football, the Zimmerman family in Fort Thomas, KY, and the Upper Arlington Public Library all serve that purpose for me. Like a chain-link fence, these things connect me to where I am […]
Congratulations, Laura!
By: claycormany in Family
Laura Postigo was only about six years old when I met her for the first time. She and her family — her mother Amy is my wife’s first cousin — had stopped in Worthington for a few nights on their way from Houston to Webster, NY. Laura’s father, Dr. Luis Postigo, was opening a geriatric […]
A Tribute to Liana
By: claycormany in Family
The arrival of a new year typically finds me setting goals, helping prepare a family dinner, and looking forward to watching some college bowl games. Unfortunately, the arrival of 2019 brought tragedy, too. During the sauerkraut-and-pork roast feast, my wife Becky received a call from her cousin Amy and learned that Amy’s niece Liana Lecklitner […]
Australia: A Trip of a Lifetime
By: claycormany in Family
Last evening, my wife and I returned home weary but happy from our trip to Australia. By and large, it was a trip free of worry and mishap. The worst thing that happened was arriving at John Glenn International Airport without our luggage arriving with us, but it was delivered to our home early this […]
Prelude to Perth
By: claycormany in Family
Later today, my wife and I will begin a 24-hour-long journey to Perth, Australia where my daughter Ruth and her family are waiting. This will be by far, the longest trip I have ever taken in my life, exceeding the visit to Spain and Portugal I made with my parents and sister in 1971. Being […]
Heritage Farm Offers Fun and Education for Children
By: claycormany in Family
I recall a Peanuts comic strip in which Sally Brown and another little girl are walking through an art museum as part of a school field trip. Both girls admire the paintings around them. Then Sally’s companion comments on the fun they are having. Sally warns her to be quiet, claiming that since the field […]
Dear Dad, A new year is here bringing lots of hopes and dreams for a better future. I hope this new year is better than the one that just ended, because that year — 2017 — was a pretty bad one for us guys. Let me explain. It all started with the election of a […]
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