JR: Bottling our Imperial Stout - JP came over to help us bottle our first batch of beer, which we brewed at JP's brew party on Sun, Mar 30, 2014. During the teaching and bottling process that involves a lot of setup and cleaning, we sampled beers that DD and I bought the day before... more>> 1 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #home #beer #blog_jr

JR: 2014 one-gallon batch home beer brewing - Tracking our small-batch beer brewing. Brooklyn Brew Shop Book Recipes Brooklyn Brew Shop - recipes from their book titled Beer Making Book New Year Beer - One Gallon Batch Grapefruit Honey Ale - One Gallon Batch Rose-Cheeked and Blonde - One... more>>
- Jun 16, 2014 - #home #beer #blog_jr

JR: Our 2013 produce garden plants - In 2012, I reluctantly replaced my swamp milkweed bed with a small, produce garden. In 2013, I expanded the garden by removing more lawn and removing some flowers from our main Oak Openings native flowers bed. These were the plants that we used in o... more>> 1 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #home #garden #food #blog_jr

JR: Northeast Ohio Tornado Warnings - May 12, 2014 - As of 9:40 p.m. EDT, May 12, 2014 Tornado Warning Statement as of 9:37 PM EDT on May 12, 2014 ...A Tornado Warning remains in effect until 945 PM EDT for northeastern Wayne and Medina counties... At 933 PM EDT...National Weather Service Doppler rad... more>> 1 min read
- May 12, 2014 - #weather

JR: May 3, 2014 notes about our backyard Hermit Thrush - "You can observe a lot just by watching." - Yogi Berra (On Sat, May 3, I wrote this info down in my Field Notes notebook, but I don't think that I recorded it at JotHut.) At 10:47 a.m., I observed a Hermit Thrush foraging on our back lawn, near th... more>> 2 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #bird #home #nature #quote #blog_jr #todo

JR: Notes - Sun, May 4, 2014 - Brewing beer, church, and interesting yard bird sightings, including a new yard bird. Brewing Beer We brewed another one gallon batch of beer, using the Grapefruit beer recipe from the Brooklyn Brewshop beer book. NOMO At 5:35 p.m., a Northe... more>> 1 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #home #bird #beer #religion #blog_jr

JR: Notes - Sat, May 10, 2014 - IMBD Today is International Migratory Bird Day. This will be the second year in a row that I will not be at Magee Marsh and at other places along the lake shore for IMBD after attending each IMBD at Magee Marsh from 2000 through 2012 after I began b... more>> 8 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #farming #food #shopping #toledo #perrysburg #rossford #bird #blog_jr

JR: Mother's Day, May 11, 2014 - DD and I left home around 9:15 to 9:30 a.m. for a drive to meet DD's parents for lunch. CP and B drove separately and joined us. Our first options for lunch were locally-owned restaurants in Fenton or Williamston, but DD called the day before, and t... more>> 1 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #family #event #food #blog_jr

JR: At-home Birdwatching Notes for Mon morning, May 12, 2014 - At 8:03 a.m., Barney and I began birdwatching outside around our home. Observations: Ovenbird Warbler sang from the backyard. Nashville Warbler sang. Distant Carolina Wren sang. Three to four Tennessee Warblers sang around our home. At least t... more>> 6 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #home #bird #weather #blog_jr #todo

JR: Michael Sam Drafted by St. Louis Rams - (My May 2014 ToledoTalk.com comment.) He was drafted near the end of the 7th and final round. The 249th player picked. It's no surprise when a player drafted that late does not make a team. May 10, 2014 article : Of those players at [Michael Sa... more>> 3 min read
- Nov 10, 2017 - #nfl #sports #football #activism

JR: Toledo Weather - Fri, May 9, 2014 - severe thunderstorm warning ohc095-173-100045- /o.new.kcle.sv.w.0014.140509t2346z-140510t0045z/ bulletin - immediate broadcast requested severe thunderstorm warning national weather service cleveland oh 746 pm edt fri may 9 2014 the national weathe... more>> 2 min read
- May 09, 2014 - #toledo #weather

JR: Thoughts about the Browns' 2014 draft picks - (My May 2014 comment at ToledoTalk.com) After the Browns chose Johnny Manziel, his jersey went on sale at NFL.com , and apparently, some crazed fans ordered it. I'm not that goofy. I grew up in eastern Ohio. Geographically, we were closer to P... more>> 7 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #sports #football #nfl #browns #blog_jr

JR: 2014 NFL Draft - First Round - Draft Selection May 8, 2014 Nerding out with my all-time favorite TV show, except for this event, I used a radio, since we don't have cable / satellite TV. Tuned into AM 850 over the Internet at 8:07 p.m. Wall-to-wall Browns draft coverage all... more>> 24 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #brownsgoodkarma #sports #nfl #blog_jr

JR: Less-crowded Toledo area birdwatching spots - The boardwalk at the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area is the best place for up-close viewing of migrating songbirds for numbers and variety. It's easy birdwatching. But the boardwalk can be scrunched-crowded in the first half of May, especially before Noon... more>> 1 min read
- May 10, 2014 - #nature #bird #blog_jr

JR: LA Times new website design - May 2014 - Beyond responsive: three mobile website design tricks becoming trends Trendy but not always favorable in my book. infinite scrolling - (meh, whatever) cards - (I like this) pre-written Tweets (??) Increasingly, I view websites with JavaScript d... more>> 2 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #media #responsive #design #mobile #web #blog_jr