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Apr

28

Hope’s Diamond is a grand slam!

The early reviews are in!

So far, Hope’s Diamond is a hit.

HOPE COMES TO DETROIT

Detroit is a town in need of Hope, and in Rodney Curtis’ world, Hope comes in the form of Baseball. If you love Detroit, Baseball and Hope, you will enjoy this delightful little book.

Play Ball!

Apr

24

Celebrating 100 years

In a bucolic early image, my grandmother strikes a heroic pose with a speckled friend in New York’s Catskills.

My grandfather used to say that before 1916, the world was ruthless. My grandmother, Ruth Harris Adams, was born in 1916. If the world was ruthless before that date, I can only guess that afterwards it was ruthmore, ruthful? Ol’ granddad passed on before completing his silly pun. Grandma Ruth lives on.

Apr

20

Dr. Ruth Harris Adams, the first 100 years

My grandmother turns 100 this month. Here’s a look back at her first century on this planet.

Mar

15

Panama: A Vivid Vida

This cool gentleman playing an old, beaten up banjo was one of the best sights and sounds from our evening stroll around Panama’s old city.

I’m going to miss the view, sitting on the 10th-floor balcony, looking out over the Pacific and the dozen-and-more ships lined up to enter the Panama Canal.

Mar

14

Journalist, author Rodney Curtis releases latest book

After three non-fiction books, his first novel.

Detroit — With Spring Training well underway, Detroit-based author Rodney Curtis has just released his latest book, Hope’s Diamond.

The novel is a fun, fantastical tale focused on baseball, Detroit, relationships and the funny things that happen when you toss a little mystical Hope into the mix.

Mar

12

London, With The Kids

We first took the kids to London in 2006.

Avoiding a Parliament funk when visiting London with your family

These London Travel Tips were initially published in 2006

We heard it from friends, from family and from folks we hardly knew; “You’re so brave,” or “Aren’t you scared?” or even “Your kids won’t remember it.”

When we finally decided we’d saved enough money to take our kids to the British Isles, we heard every excuse not to go. We listened politely and even took some of the warnings to heart. But my wife and I wanted to give our daughters an amazing learning experience and we, ourselves, wanted to have fun in a foreign country.

Instead of gearing our trip towards only what we adults wanted to see and do, (like watching a live session of Parliament with all the jeering), we planned our journey around our kid’s needs.

Feb

23

My Favorite Films of 2015

Welcome to my list of favorite films from last year. I’ve been compiling these since back in the 1990s when I used to just email them to friends. Before that, I had actual face-to-face conversations about movies. Thank goodness those aren’t recorded. I remember once telling high school pals Danny Baron and Jeff Dorchen (director and co-writers, respectively, of the upcoming Brie Larson musical comedy Basmati Blues) that I really enjoyed Olivia Newton John’s terribly maligned Xanadu.

Jan

29

The Downton Files

For years my wife and I have started humming the Downton Abbey theme song only to morph it, after the first few bars, into The X-Files opening.

Now that the two shows are on Sunday nights together (for a very limited run), I thought it was a good time to mashup their intros and put our music theory to the test.

You be the judge; the truth is out there!

Don’t hate me John Lunn (who wrote the Downton theme music), or Mark Snow (who penned the X-Files theme).

Dec

22

Happy Holidays!

Dec

05

New Hampshire Primary Memories

Democratic candidate Bill Clinton speaks at the New Hampshire statehouse in 1991.

This photograph hung in the White House, according to then President Clinton’s secretary.

A few years back, The Boston Globe published some of my New Hampshire memories.

Here’s one of my favorites, featuring a much younger Bill Clinton.

Back when my wife and I worked as photographers in New Hampshire, it was always fun photographing presidential candidates who swarmed the state. Bill Clinton was probably the most memorable. We met him many times, but three encounters stick out most in my mind.

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