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Black Swamp Cornucopia
Family-friendly variety blog that is witty and informative with eye-catching graphics, photography, and videos. Themes include US history,...
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Souvenir photographs from the Philippines - the perspective of an 8-year old photographer
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― During our last trip to the Philippines in July and August 2011, my wife and daughter and I stayed for a large part of the time at my wife's parents' place in a subdivision in Cebu. While staying at her Lolo and Lola's house, our daughter (almost 8... (more)
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Posted on Apr 20th, 2012
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The Versatile Blogger Award
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― I have been remiss in posting this, as I've been busy with work lately. Recently,I was awarded the Versatile Blogger Award. Thank you so much to Honey (of Little Miss Honey) and Donah (of Mnemonic Reveries) for giving it to me, that was very kind... (more)
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Posted on Apr 15th, 2012
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Spring-time fun in the backyard and neighborhood
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― March 20th marked the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and we've been enjoying unusually warm weather in most of the northern part of the U.S. The past week in particular has been awesome, a glorious early spring that has seen some... (more)
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Posted on Mar 25th, 2012
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Our 18-year wedding anniversary and some family pictures
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― My lovely wife and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary yesterday. Well, we didn't actually celebrate it yesterday, since yesterday was a Monday and a busy work and school day for our family... not the best for scheduling an evening out. So... (more)
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Posted on Mar 6th, 2012
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Halo-halo: our daughter's 3rd grade essay about diversity
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― Our 8-year-old daughter's elementary school has an annual contest in which the students write an essay about diversity, which roughly coincides with the timing of the Martin Luther King Day holiday in the U.S. The U.S. is quite a heterogeneous ... (more)
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Posted on Feb 22nd, 2012
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Blowing snow with my old Honda HS55
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― I wanted to post something to give my readers from areas that don't get any snow in the winter -- including, but not limited to the Philippines -- an idea of what it looks like here at our place in the northern part of the U.S. after we get some snow... (more)
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Posted on Feb 13th, 2012
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Our little Picasso
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― This is a short candid video my wife captured of our daughter, who is now almost exactly 8 and 1/2 years old, when she was 2 years, 9 months old, on a beautiful day in May in 2006. She is busy painting with watercolors with a little plastic toy... (more)
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Posted on Feb 5th, 2012
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The mysterious case of the moving Santo Niño statue
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― Over 80% of Filipinos are Roman Catholics, and nearly all Roman Catholic homes and businesses in the Philippines own and display a statue of Santo Niño, a representation of the Christ Child. The Santo Niño de Cebu ("Holy Child of Cebu") is a... (more)
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Posted on Jan 27th, 2012
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A bangka (outrigger canoe) trip along the shoreline and up-river in Mindanao
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― During our last trip in July/August 2011 to my wife's home town in Mindanao, the Philippines, we hired a traditional means of Philippine maritime transportation, a small outrigger canoe called a bangka. The bangka is widely used in the Philippines,... (more)
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Posted on Jan 19th, 2012
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Our loyal and loving (but intellectually challenged) little mutt
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― Here are a couple of photos my wife took early this summer of our daughter with our mutt, a Shih-tzu and Maltese mix. He's truly not the sharpest tool in the shed - it took him literally a month of training sessions to learn how to shake hands,... (more)
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Posted on Jan 12th, 2012
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Early detection of breast cancer via annual mammography - including Filipinas
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― I'd like to take a bit of time to discuss early breast cancer detection via yearly mammograms after age 40, and bring a point-of-view relevant to younger women and inclusive of Filipinas. While the concept of early detection via annual mammography... (more)
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Posted on Jan 8th, 2012
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Banana boats, jet skis, and parasailing in beautiful Boracay, Philippines
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― These are some photos of water sports we enjoyed during a family trip to Boracay in 2008. I'll write a bit more about Boracay and the experiences we had there in a later post. The jet skiing is self-explanatory, and was incredibly fun - in my... (more)
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Posted on Jan 4th, 2012
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My wife's home town in Mindanao - a rooftop perspective
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― Three of my favorite perspectives of life in the Philippines are those perhaps often overlooked by the foreigner or tourist. One of these views is that from the street level as a passenger or driver of a pedicab. Another is that from the water... (more)
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Posted on Jan 2nd, 2012
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An 1816 Matron Head large cent, Pierre L'Enfant, and the platting of Perrysburg, Ohio
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― I inadvertently skipped the year 1816 in my last posting showing an early U.S. coin matched with Northwest Ohio history. So now, I'm posting a photo of a large cent from 1816. This is the first year that this particular design appeared, and it is... (more)
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Posted on Dec 29th, 2011
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An 1817/3 capped bust half dollar and the Treaty of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie (Maumee)
Black Swamp Cornucopia ― I've been posting a number of articles on the Philippines lately, so I wanted to intersperse a post of another early U.S. coin paired with a specific event from U.S. history within or near the Great Black Swamp region. This time I'm featuring an... (more)
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Posted on Dec 21st, 2011
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