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Green-wood cemetery

reflective beautiful great view of the city best on a chilly day (but not cold)

@goodoats

Sep 16, 2024

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Update on the cemetery background

I just love it

@alberte34

Feb 19, 2025

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Roundwood manor—hunting valley, oh

Dream big… ”Built in the mid-1920s for the Van Sweringen Brothers, the Cleveland industrialists best known for developing Shaker Heights and building the Terminal Tower, used the sprawling estate as their home and operations center for their business empire. Designed by architect Philip Small, the home originally encompassed 50 rooms and 24 guest suites across 90,000 square feet … Their fortune gone by the Great Depression, Roundwood was purchased in 1946 by Gordon Stouffer of the Stouffer Frozen Foods Co. family. He reduced the house by 35,000 square feet to its present size. In 2018, the property was entered into the National Register of Historic Places. The Georgian-style mansion sits on eight acres of land and has 10 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms (11 full). The listing highlights a ‘grand central hall, 60-ft indoor pool, a bright and airy sunroom, private library, and a magnificent primary suite.’ In 2016, architecture critic Steven Litt wrote in The Plain Dealer of the home’s several dining rooms, a soaring, two-story stair hall, a social hall known as the ‘Ship Room,’ and the ‘Dickens Room,’ where the Van Sweringens displayed books by the author. ‘Despite its vast scale, the house today looks cozy and welcoming in part because architect Philip Small designed it with generally low ceilings, making many rooms feel more or less normal in size,‘ Litt noted. The expansive outdoor space features lovely landscaped grounds with a tennis court and lush garden. Located in the prestigious Daisy Hill neighborhood, Roundwood Manor is ideally situated for nature lovers and commuters alike. The property is surrounded by hiking trails and bridle paths, and downtown Cleveland is just a 30-minute drive away.”

@taterhole

Feb 27, 2025

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Starting over

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.” — Anaïs Nin This is uncharacteristically raw and personal, even for me, and pretty heavy! I know many of you have seen me posting through it and I feel safe to talk about it openly now that I’ve safely landed at the start of my new life. It’s honestly even a little bit embarrassing but I think it’s important to share. I’ve never publicly mentioned it on here, but I have a husband; as of Friday, we’d have been together for 11 years, and we’ve been married for 3 years as of 2/22. I realize now that I wanted to explore what I looked like outside of my relationship with him because I had lost that. This is why PI.FYI has been so meaningful to me as a space to express myself and connect with people—to rediscover my voice. I had been living a lie this entire time, to others but worst of all to myself. He’s been verbally and emotionally abusive, physically but without touching me, to the point that every day I spent with him I was in danger. I’ve been shrinking myself and walking on eggshells to avoid making him insecure and provoking his casual put-downs and fits of rage, while hanging on for dear life to the threads of good I could see. I’ve wanted so badly to leave, more than anything, but I felt like there was no way out and that this was just something I would need to endure indefinitely—but someone who is so very dear to me helped me see that I have wings to fly, not by acting as my savior but by reminding me of my own power. The emotional safety they built and the gentle care they showed me made me feel like I could open up to them. With their encouragement I was brave enough to tell the truth to my friends, my family, my boss, and they have received me with warm, loving and open arms and rallied to support and protect me. The financial and  logistical aspects were the most intimidating to me and it’s going to be tough for a while but I’m going to be better than okay! Now I’m opening up to you. This isn’t the only abuse I’ve suffered in my life, and my old therapist told me she believed it was my mission to share my strength and light with others to inspire them and show them that change is possible. I hope that by sharing this, I can reach even just one person who is going through something similar and show that they are not alone, and they are not weak. People with certain backgrounds may be more vulnerable to abuse, but it can happen to anyone. It thrives in darkness, shame, and isolation—and breaking that silence is the first step toward freedom. Leaving is the scariest thing I have ever done but I have so many angels around me, and I am endlessly grateful. Thank you for being here with me 💌

@taterhole

Mar 16, 2025

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Never changing

My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebody—be it a relative or one of my best friends—was to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too 💌

@taterhole

Feb 23, 2025

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Finally Quitting the job that you hate

Schedule sent my resignation email for the morning, effective immediately ✅💅

@taterhole

Feb 27, 2025