Escape from Someday Isle
May 16, 2015 -- A few days ago, I mentioned the stressful nature of living in the University District in Columbus. That same day, I saw an announcement about a recently published book , The Ohio State University District: A Neighborhood History , by Emily Foster. The information posted online included quotes from the book, all by people I knew when I lived there. Tom and I knew Emily Foster, too. Despite the stress of football weekends, I have many fond memories of the years in the University District. Reading the quotes made me so nostalgic that I ordered the book online. Such a book about a place in Ohio is not likely to be found in any local bookstore in southwest Florida. The book arrived two days ago; this morning I had some time to peruse its pages. The second paragraph of the acknowledgements contained a shocker: my friend Linda Ridihalgh died in 2011. I had no idea. An Autumn view of our old house on East Oakland ...