Northwest PA

It seemed like Nutmeg and Nora, our Cairn Terrier rescues, could sense that adventure was in store for them on Labor Day morning, and indeed it was. Putting Jim’s spreadsheet to work, the one he developed before we started our first hike of the 10 included in the Let’s Move Outside! program, we determined that we could knock off…

One of the nicest aspects of the Let’s Move Outside! program is that it introduces us to locations in Erie County that we never knew existed, and gives us “permission” to explore fresh places that are just a short drive away. Harborcreek Community Park offers baseball, football, and soccer fields, along with a playground, concessions, and a…

It had been about a month or so since we marked our first hike in the Let’s Move Outside! Erie County Recreational Passport. We had started with the Millcreek Greenway Trail and thoroughly enjoyed it, but the summer had started to get away from us, so we’re fortunate that the 10 trails can be completed over…

It was a warm, sunny, Sunday morning, when Husband Jim and I, along with our Cairn Terrier rescues, Nutmeg and Nora, set off on our first hike in the Let’s Move Outside! program. The day before, I had given Jim the task of deciding which trail we would tackle first, what I thought would be, at the…

This summer, Husband Jim and I have been taking our Cairn Terrier rescues along with us on our quest to fill our Erie County Recreational Passport by hiking 10 different trails in Erie County. A collaborative program between Erie Yesterday, Erie County Department of Health, and VisitErie, Let’s Move Outside! is part of Erie County’s pilot initiative…

Last night, Husband Jim and I thought we might like to see what was happening at the Erie Festival of the Arts 2012 at the Erie bay front. During events at Liberty Park, it’s next to impossible to find a parking place the lot there, but we tried anyway. No luck. So we went on…

Today, Husband Jim and I attended our first St. Patty’s Day parade. How did we go through so many years in this town and not know that there was a parade on St. Patrick’s Day? I knew that a lot of people went downtown to drink, but I thought that’s all there was. Because the…

I live on one side of the modest metropolis of Erie, PA, and commute daily to the other side of town. This involves I-90, which is usually the fastest way to get to or from work. Waking up to a snow storm this morning, I bundled up in my warmest coat along with the hat and scarf…

True to my resolution this year, I’m keeping a positive attitude toward the snow, wind, and cold, which I can’t do anything about anyway. I’m sure retailers and travelers can’t find much good in the storms over the past few days. Retailers whose revenue was already down will experience depressed sales because many people will…

In my town, a tires-to-energy plant has been proposed, and it’s having trouble with the zoning laws. Apparently, the plant’s smoke stacks would be too high for the zoning regulations. If I lived downwind from the plant, I’d rather see the tall smoke stacks and know that the emissions would have less of an impact…