Posts Tagged ‘history’
How To Become A Cult Leader: Real-Life Stories To Make Us Think
How to Become a Cult Leader When I started writing my novel, one of the things that I worried about was trying to get my point across without offending my readers. My intent was to put my own beliefs, biases, and questions into the story to make the readers think, not to try to convince…
Read MoreThe Cleveland Sports Scene Part 1: Jim Brown, The Heart of Cleveland Football
The Cleveland Browns Any kid growing up in Cleveland in the 1960s knew that 32 wasn’t just a random number. It was synonymous with the legendary Cleveland Browns fullback, Jim Brown. He passed away recently, and I thought I would share my own memories of what he meant to every fan in the City. Brown…
Read MoreHere’s What It Was Like Growing Up With The Cleveland Sports Scene
I’ve always been the world’s worst athlete. In basketball, I’m lucky to hit the backboard. In golf, I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve broken 100. Name a sport; I’ve tried it and failed. I blame it on being from Cleveland. Cleveland Sports: Failure and Disappointment With very few exceptions, in…
Read MoreDiving Into Cleveland’s Hough District History In The 1960s
1960s Hough District, Cleveland My great-grandparents came from Ukraine to the U.S. and settled in the Hough area (pronounced Huff), where my grandfather and father grew up among other refugees to escape antisemitism and persecution around 1900. My father didn’t leave the area until 1954. From the late 1800s to the pre-WW II era of…
Read MoreA Historical Perspective of 1960s Cleveland Culture From A Guy Who Lived It
History: Cleveland in the 1960s In the 1960s, Cleveland got a bad rap. Let’s be honest; much of that was deserved. The winters could be brutal, the industrial base was shrinking, the roads were full of potholes, and the Cuyahoga River was on fire. But it was also a great place to grow up. Sure,…
Read MoreWhat It Was Like Growing Up Taking The Trolley In Cleveland
The Trolleys of Cleveland For anyone who wasn’t around to remember the city in the late 1950s, this photo would look like it came from another planet. City transportation in the first half of the 20th century relied heavily on various types of trolleys and electric buses. This is how I remember what the true…
Read MoreWelcome To My Blog! On Writing, Cleveland, and Life…
Welcome to The Healer’s Miraculous Discovery! Writing The Book This is my first book, and admittedly, it’s a big surprise, as I’m the last person you would ever expect to write a full-length novel. Many of my friends and colleagues have asked about how I decided to give this a try a few years ago…
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