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A couple of inches of fresh #snow overnight here in #Akron means the first really snowy commute for me this morning.

Seeing Knives Out at the fabulous Nightlight theater in #Akron with a " Clevelander" #cocktail

New blog post: "60 Years of Psychology Archives and Million Dollar Match Challenge"

https://sosassociates.com/blog/2025-11-21-psychology-archives-60-years

I was so pleased to have participated in the academic activities that were part of this year's celebration of the 60 years of The University of #Akron Archives of the History of American #Psychology (AHAP).

#Akron #Ohio based #FirstEnergy never stops grifting. . . Report shows scandal-plagued Ohio utility made $108 million in errors. It wants customers to pay
FirstEnergy misclassified lobbying funds as it financed a massive bribery scandal

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/14/report-shows-scandal-plagued-ohio-utility-made-108-million-in-errors-it-wants-customers-to-pay/

Which gayborhoods are the most affordable? These are the top 10 — all under $300k

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/least-expensive-gayborhoods

Orion's return
Arching across winter's nights
Arrows poised to pierce

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November 13, 2025

Image of the night sky , northern hemisphere, Bath Township, Akron, Ohio, USA, 11-12-2025. Image shows the constellation Orion, oriented high and deeply visible against the black, moonless sky.

A brief adventure
Their lives lived out on the porch
Sweet and swift and sure

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November 12, 2025

Color image of the two snowmen melted away on the porch, their snow body balls now shaped as circles on the porch floor. Image shows four snowy melted circles of what were snowmen bodies, and their twig arms detached.

First of the season
Both made of fluff and wonder
Adventures await

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November 11, 2025

Color image, first snow couple of the year's early snow season November 11, 2025, Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, USA. Two little snow folks just created ponder their future from the porch, looking out across the yard filled with snow. Each has twig arms and a leaf topper, both poised for adventure.

Bob Ross'd overnight
Winter's powder-puff visit
Happy little trees

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November 10, 2025

Color image of the first significant snowfall of the season, November 10, 2025, Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, USA. Image shows a pine tree coated with snow, the trees around it likewise coated with a layer of new snowfall, blue/gray sky above.

Gorgeous lunar orb
Glows our nights reflectively
Sunbeams moonlighting

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Autumn #Fall #Lunar #Moon #Moonlighting #Orb #Night #Moonlight #Sun #Sunbeam #Akron #Ohio #USA #Photography

November 8, 2025

Color image of the waning full moon November 6, 2025, Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, USA. Image shows the nearly full moon, now waning, just above the eastern horizon, lighting wispy clouds in a dark sky, lighting up the heads of tall ornamental grasses in a field.

Gold glow awaken'd
Cold slide into winter's grip
We know what's coming

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November 7, 2025

Color image of the sun rising in Akron, Ohio, November 7, 2025, as the gold/orange/yellow of the sun, just behind a higher, heavy cloud bank, peaks down on the shadows of the city, outlining a high-rise apartment building and an adjacent church spire as black shadows.

The trick is to see
Beauty lies in beholding
Charms surrounding us

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November 1, 2025

Color image of a predawn sky in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA. Image shows a yellow-lit sky on the eastern horizon, clouds in gray and black above and an orange slice of sunlight just opening the sky.

Today was the first day I was able to ride a bike in a month due to an infection in one of my toes. It's the longest I've ever gone without riding a bike (as a cyclist) since I started in 1996. There have been times where I might have been off for 2 weeks because of a sinus infection or some other respiratory illness. A month without something that's just a part of most days is a long time.

Thankfully, some antibiotics have gradually taken care of the problem, and I got the green light on Thursday to resume training. The downside is that I've probably lost 10% of the fitness I'd spent most of the year building. That makes this year's #cyclocross season a bit of a bust, which is definitely disappointing after spending a lot of time training for it, and I was just coming off a 3rd place in my second race of the season.

Now, it's time to start getting ready for 2026. ON-season starts in earnest on Monday. But, it was so nice to be out on a bike today.

Also, I got to take in some fall colors and some of my favorite graffiti in #Akron. #WitchBattleBitches

#BikeTooter #BikesAreFun

A photo of a railroad overpass with graffiti across the top that reads “WITCH BATTLE BITCHES”

A photo of some trees in various shades of fall colors from green to yellow to orange.

Drawing since age three
Humor closely following
We so miss this kid

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October 31, 2025

Color image of a Halloween comic strip panel illustrated and written by a 10-year-old called "Bone." Image shows a comic strip panel in in 13 illustrated boxes delivering a classic Halloween joke between two ghosts: 1. First panel with two carved pumpkins and the word BONE spelled out above them in bones. 2. Ghost 1 - Here are some pun jokes. Ghost 2 - Have at it. 3. Ghost 1 - What did the Moma ghost say to the kid ghost? 4. Ghost 2 - I don't know. 5. Ghost 1 - Put on your socks.... 6. Ghost 1 - ....and boos." 7. Ghost 2 - Question mark over its head. 8. Ghost 1 - Whey did the vampire go to the doctor's? 9. Panel with vampire with a question mark over his head, a bat in a tree, and an arched door into a house. 10. Ghost 1- Because he was coffin! 11. Ghost 1 - Why was the skeleton afraid to go on the roller coaster? 12. Panel with a skeleton standing next to a roller coaster with DEATH written over the entrance and with supports made from bones. 13. Ghost 1 - Because he had no guts!

Powerful She is
Even in dawn's deep gloaming
Gaia lights the way

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October 30, 2025

Color image of pre-dawn, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA. Image shows the eastern horizon's rain clouds underlit by the sun below the horizon, turning them orange against a dark black sky.

I didn’t expect this morning to be my first time driving over the new southbound OH-8 bridge by downtown #Akron. I also didn’t realize that last night would likely be my last time driving over the old bridge.

It’s been really interesting watching the construction over the last couple of years. It’ll be another couple of years before the new northbound bridge is done.

https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/projects/projects/91710