SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – Geography was never my strong suit. That’s why the plastic placemat of the world I purchased for my son long ago was as much for me as for him. Just today I asked someone close to me to clarify where several islands are perched in our amazing earth.
“They’ve moved,” I thought to myself, erroneously.
Along that line, perhaps I am the only one who still confuses Iceland and Greenland. Readers, you will agree that my chances for sweeping any Jeopardy category of “lands: then and now" are nil.
Garden of delights. Joyce Hoffer, the upcoming speaker of the month at Lyndhurst Garden Club, has a better sense of direction. She will speak, from experience, from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 about “Iceland’s Northernmost Botanical Garden” at Lyndhurst Community Center, 1341 Parkview Road, Lyndhurst. A seasoned speaker and avid gardener, Hoffer is one of Lyndhurst Garden Club’s own members. In August she went on a tour to Iceland, sponsored by Siegal College of Case Western Reserve University. And her learning --and ours -- need not stop there. She will share observations of the two botanical gardens she visited there in the Land of Fire and Ice. (OK: Greenland is icy, and Iceland is green? Please don’t quote me on that.) One of these gardens is just miles below the Arctic Circle. True life happens, everywhere!
She plans to show spectacular photos of the plants and flowers growing on Iceland. This is guaranteed to be a very engaging program, even for those who -- like this columnist -- are apparently geographically befuddled. The meeting starts with a chance to socialize at 6:30 p.m. over refreshments! All are welcome!
Another land. There is a land whose coordinates I certainly can remember: Mayland. I lived close to it for years -- remembering the former cinema where I saw flicks such as “Saturday Night Fever” and even a date or two with my future fiance. Full disclosure: Don and I were married at Sherwin’s Party Center in Mayfield Heights. Year, however, will not be disclosed. And my dear mom lived on Belrose for decades, a street with one of the most beautiful names ever.
Tassels have been turning ... Congratulations to Brooklynn Mchargh of Mayfield Heights who graduated with an associate degree from Georgia State University during the Fall 2019 semester. More than 3,000 students graduated from Georgia State University during that term at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree levels. Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university, is a national leader in graduating students from widely diverse backgrounds.
Katelyn Kinczel of Highland Heights was named to the Dean’s List at Wilkes University for the fall semester 2019. To be named to the Dean’s List, students must obtain a minimum 3.5 grade point average and carry at least 12 credits. Wilkes University is a private, independent, non-sectarian institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. Founded in 1933, Wilkes aims to create one of the nation’s finest doctoral universities.
It’s a great moment when the tassels on commencement caps are moved, indicating completion of a degree.
Memories...Long before I lived in the Hillcrest area, I was curious about it. There were wonderful places – like North Chagrin Reservation – on the edges of my landlocked imagination, encountered via grade school field trips. And one summer, my mom and I took the number 7 bus to Richmond Mall and a petting zoo, where my first encounter with a shoelace-munching goat will be forever etched in my mind. My mother knew a thing or two about country life in the “old country.” For me, a city girl, these animals were all new.
And in South Euclid cropped up the original McDonald’s in the area, where my eldest sister Rosa and her fiancé Jules would let me tag along on a date or two (can you imagine? the nerdy much-littler sister goes along?) and enjoy the exotic drive-thru with them. Not a lover of condiments, I would predictably order that same plain hamburger that would prove to be my son’s favorite decades later.
Both the beauty of Highland Heights and the chance to be closer to heir childhood homes drew that big sister and brother-in-law back to Cleveland eventually after decades away.
Colorful memories. Tucked beyond some tall trees, many years ago, was a place known to me as “Rainbow Hospital" in South Euclid. This was where two of my friends from junior high recovered over some months, in body casts, to recover from surgery and to correct scoliosis. And it is where my sister Cecelia gained valuable experience as a nurse’s aide in the months before she was married in December 1970.
These memories bring me to the saying attributed to Dolly Parton and which I paraphrase:
“To get to the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.”
Today, even though my dear sister has a rod in her spine, hardware in her hip and a bone graft in her neck – she is one of the most flexible people I know.
Both of my sisters -- one from almost down the street and the other from across the country -- have encouraged my column writing consistently since I have taken it on.
Thank you to siblings everywhere who have one another’s back!
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