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I recently discovered this photograph of Wilbur and Orville Wright, and their younger sister, Katharine.

The summer of 1999, I took off on a wonderful three week vacation which included Niagara Falls; the Trapp family resort in Stowe, VT; FDR’s Home, Hyde Park; New York City; Teddy Roosevelt’s home, Sagamore Hill; Montauk Light House on … Continue reading →

This Spring the Lincoln Library & Museum opened in Springfield, Illinois. Although I have not yet taken my sons to visit this magnificent place, I intend to do so by summer’s end. It looks incredible! If you have an opportunity … Continue reading →

This is one of my favorite photographs – Mother and me dancing at my brother’s wedding. My mother was a tremendous enfluence on me as a single parent. Our birth father left us when I was eleven, and my sister … Continue reading →

Top: FlyerBottom: Flyer with my student, Dan Moore I was not really looking for a dog, but for some reason, the morning of November 4, 2001, I scanned through the Sunday paper and jotted down a number. The gentleman gave … Continue reading →

In 1984, my step-father adopted my brother, sister and my self. What a lesson I learned about life – one man can love another man’s children enough to call them his own. Adoption was not unfamiliar to us growing up, … Continue reading →

Today is the eleventh anniversary of Logan coming to live with me. Logan was born in April 1994 to a family in Centerville. I really wanted a dog, but with my travels back and forth between New York and Dayton, … Continue reading →

Hello! My name is Darin Jolliffe-Haas. I am a 40 yo single father of two adopted sons, Matthew, 16 and Jose, 13. I am a playwright~composer~director and an educator. We live in a wonderful neighborhood in Kettering, Ohio, a southern … Continue reading →