Ohio
Charles Dickens at 200 Destination: Ohio, 1842 Book: American Notes by Charles Dickens It would be quite unthinkable to let this month pass without paying homage to the 2nd centenary of one of our greatest and most popular writers–Charles Dickens, born February, 1812 (probably February 7). I’ve been dipping into some Dickens’ travel writing to supplement [...]
PDF Please take a look at my post called “Shawshank Redemption–When Hollywood Comes to Town” at Reel Life With Jane. Lots of pictures from my recent press trip to Mansfield and some info on how the arrival of a Hollywood production crew affects life in a central-Ohio town. Then read below at A Traveler’s Library to [...]
Destination: Mansfield, Ohio Movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) When I hear the term “movie magic,” rather than think of the technology– shadows move around so that we think they are real–I think of the magic as an unknowable X factor that appears for the fortunate few movies. Casablanca had it. Recently The King’s Speech had it. [...]
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When I posted on Facebook that I was going to Mansfield, Ohio, and asked people what the number one thing to see in Mansfield would be–I got no replies. Well, I got one, but it was about Massilon, not Mansfield. High time to drag Mansfield out of that slough of anonymity. Because there ARE reasons [...]
In looking back through my pictures, I find that I am fascinated by the people who make things. I often snap the hands of craftsmen and women–no matter what their craft may be. Here are three up close and personal from Bayeux France, Chattanooga Tennessee, and Mansfield Ohio. This post is part of Travel [...]
I’ve been to a few scary places while traveling–most of them because I got lost and wandered where I should not be. But today I’m thinking about scary places that people plan travel to–in Phoenix, Mansfield Ohio, and New Orleans. Print PDF
The Great American Road Trip Destination: Ohio Book: The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen and in which almost everything has. James Thurber Print PDF
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