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BratenahlLAMPLIGHTER FEBRUARY 2017 What’s Inside... 9511 Lakeshore – “Katewood” Part II Norweb • 40 Days of Outward Lent • Village Profile: Ilga Svech. A Life Well Lived “Anyone who thinks gardening begins in spring and ends in fall is missing the best part of the whole year; for gardening begins in January with the dream.” – Josephine Nuese Bratenahl Community FOUNDATION This issue sponsored by Bratenahl Blooms Presidents Letter All at once, in a moment of clarity, my self-pity vanishes. I realize how blessed I am to be alive –anywhere- and I am Larry Domin grateful for this fragile, fleeting gift we call life. How brittle Thin Places and subject to change all our plans for all our days seem. Judson inspired Bill Jones to take charge of No, your eyes do not deceive you – This moment, here and now, in the Village of Bratenahl, his health while living in his home, with a This issue’s cover photo of a brilliant it really is as good as it gets. focus on prevention. With Judson at Home, yellow marigold does not mean that the My flash of insight reminds me of the ancient, pagan Celts he has a plan in place to get the services Bratenahl Community Foundation is who believed that heaven and earth were only three miles and care when he needs it. confused over what season it is. Rather, apart, and that at certain places, the distance was even shorter. To learn more, call (216) 791-3211 or it is our way of welcoming Bratenahl Blooms as partner to the At these thin places, one could be mesmerized, seeing into the visit judsonsmartliving.org. Foundation. Many of you will recognize Blooms on account of essential truth of things, where words collapse under the its flower sale held each May here in the Village. Bratenahl weight of awe. For me, Bratenahl is one of those thin places. Blooms brings to BCF its enthusiasm and dedication to I count it the great good fortune of my life to call this place keeping Bratenahl beautiful. Welcome, and thank you for my home your generosity in sponsoring this Lamplighter. Thanks to all who attended the Bratenahl Community The thought of gardens, blooming and fragrant, is a far cry Foundation Holiday Party on December 18 at the Bratenahl from the view from my window this second Sunday in January. Community Center. Goodwill and good cheer brought warmth Like an abstract painting, blocks of stark colors, lines and shapes to a cold night, with couples whirling on the dance floor to the make up the austere scene: an expanse of silver sky above beat of swing music. Thanks especially go to Duke Young for iron-grey water touching an icy shore. Skeletal, black-brown his generosity and magnanimity in funding this annual event. lines delineate bare-branched trees, and the cold canvas is Speaking of thanks, elsewhere in this issue, we list the names complete, a joyless tableau. of all who have so graciously contributed to the Bratenahl Each winter stirs in me the existential question: What am Community Foundation in 2016. Your generosity allows the “You’re never too young to begin planning for your future.” I doing here? I am, after all, a worshiper of all things summer. —Bill Jones, Judson at Home member since 2006 Bratenahl Community Foundation to continue its mission: Visions of Florida flood my imagination: Copper–skinned, to enhance the lives of all residents of the Village, this jewel bikini-clad beauties stroll white sand beaches; sunbathers relax of a place we all call home. on striped lounge chairs; mermaid-like figures ripple through My best wishes for 2017. sun-dappled, turquoise pools…. But then, I recall the past ten days…. About the Cover A Cessna aircraft carrying six passengers took off from Burke As Larry Domin pointed out in his cover letter, The Lamplighter Lakefront Airport and disappeared into the night sky’s took a different approach for our cover this month. With a murderous winds and churning waves . beautiful display of Marigolds, we welcome Bratenahl Blooms to the Bratenahl Community Foundation, and highlight their Since then we have daily watched a bulbous, black Coast 2017 Plant Sale, held this year on Saturday May 20th at the Guard helicopter cruising the shoreline looking for wreckage, Bratenahl Community Center. Considering the dreary greyness like a buzzard scavenging for carrion. 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How is that? The warm liquid As Village of Bratenahl residents, we congratulate fellow Gaye’s Glögg, An Ancient raises the temperature of the mouth and stomach slightly, and resident, Duane Deskins, whom Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Swedish Recipe for Aprés-Shoveling because alcohol is a vasodilator, it forces blood to the skin, has named as the city’s new chief of Prevention, Intervention making one feel warm and fuzzy. and Opportunity for Youth – a key appointment in the mayor’s Gaye Ramström, my platinum-haired Swedish neighbor, friend Gaye’s dad had a special mug he put his Glögg in, as is the recently unveiled comprehensive plan to stem the city’s youth and Ideastream Underwriter, stopped by my kitchen the other tradition. The Swedes often sing traditional drinking songs with violence epidemic. day. Gaye came by to have me sample some of her Glögg, an their Glögg. The most popular song is called ‘Helan går’ (Drink). old family tradition. Glögg, with the double dot diacritical mark Jackson said Deskins, a longtime federal and county prosecutor, If you aren’t the spirited adventurous type, Glögg can be a over the “ö” is a traditional Swedish drink originating around “will develop a strategy to draw together government offices, non-alcoholic tradition as well, using fruit juices, most typically Norrland, north of Stockholm on the eastern side of Sweden. nonprofit agencies, the private sector and corporate community black currant. This drink was introduced to Gaye by her far Gordon (father) to tackle the social problems and dearth of opportunities that who got the recipe from her far far Walter (paternal grandfather). So, if you are doing a little Aprés-Skiing or Aprés-Shoveling, beget crime and violence in the neighborhoods.” Glögg is a spiced, sugared and simmered red wine or port Glögg is the perfect little helper. Drink it while seated and The mayor said he has “high expectations” for what Deskins libation. give your car keys to a friend. Helan går! As the Swedes say, will achieve and the partnerships he will inspire. And Deskins “the whole goes down!” Just beware! Legend has it, and Gaye The history of Glögg dates back to the 1500s when, spiced echoed Jackson’s spirit of collaboration. says her family can attest to it, Glögg brings out the “rowdy” wine called Hippocras was sold by wine merchants. Named for in all of us. Family fights can ensue! Or maybe that was just “We’re going to bring together all the different parts and pieces Hippocrates, this wine was thought to have healing powers Gaye’s family! :-) of this community to build something different,” Deskins said, over muscle injuries (great for muscle strains induced by snow “to get past the notion that safety is simply a reduction in crime. shoveling). Perhaps that is why Gaye’s far far Walter, who was It’s actually an increase in opportunity . for kids who find 5’3” and quite the tumbler in the Swedish circus, was highly Gaye’s Glögg themselves, at no fault of their own, down the path toward sought after to climb up the Crow’s Nest of ships. Seems he 1 ½ cup of sugar plus ½ cup of water. Dissolve over the juvenile justice system.” sipped a bit of Glögg from time to time. King Gustav I of Sweden low heat until smooth and clear (bubbling gently). renamed the German version glühwein to “glodgan vin” in the A native of Cleveland’s Glenville and Shaker Square Make a garni/bouquet housed in a double layer of neighborhoods, Deskins comes to the city via Cuyahoga cheesecloth containing: 8 half sticks of cinnamon the County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty’s office, where he led length of your thumb, 20 whole cloves (do not use a broad initiative aimed at improving the quality of juvenile ground cloves); 8 cardamom pods opened to expose justice countywide. the cardamom seeds inside. If you have the actual seeds, at ETON Chagrin Blvd. ~ As the chief prosecuting attorney for the Juvenile Division and probably about 48 seeds. Tie together with kitchen string. director of juvenile crime prevention, Deskins worked to change Simmer in bubbling sugar and water for at least 15 Cleveland by Catstudio! the way cases are reviewed and youth are charged to ensure minutes.