https://jamiedolan.com/2009/10/23/dogs-learning-self-control/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/IMG_9960.JPG Dogs Learning Self-Control — Three Shih Tzus Stay Calm When a Chicken Walks In One thing I’m proud of with our dogs is how calm they can stay when something exciting walks right into the room — in this case, a live chicken. These three Shih Tzus are between two and six years old, and all of them came to us with a history of being very reactive. Teaching them to settle, hold their place, and just watch instead of lunging took a lot of patience, but it paid off. Watch the video to see them put that self-control to the test. Even dogs with a reactive past can learn to keep their cool with […] https://jamiedolan.com/flashvideos/20091012224156.mp4 163 2009-10-23T22:13:47+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2009/11/11/wiring-a-light-fixture/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/wiring-connections-closeup.jpg How to Wire a Ceiling Light Fixture — A DIY Safety Video ⚠ Safety note: I am not a licensed electrician. This post shares my own DIY experience for general information only. Home electrical work is hazardous and is governed by local code. Always shut off power at the breaker and confirm it is off before touching any wires, follow the codes that apply where you live, and when in doubt, hire a licensed electrician. Wiring a ceiling light fixture is one of the most satisfying small electrical jobs, and it is well within reach for a careful homeowner. Once the power is off, it really comes down to connecting three wires and […] https://jamiedolan.com/flashvideos/wire_up_a_ceiling_light_fixture.mp4 417 2009-11-11T19:57:45+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2009/11/15/wire-electrical-junction-box/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/IMG_8890.jpg How to Wire an Electrical Junction Box — A DIY Guide with Safety Tips A step-by-step DIY guide to wiring a junction box safely, with a video showing how to connect EMT conduit to Romex, plus when to use a junction box and the code basics to keep it accessible. https://jamiedolan.com/flashvideos/junction-box-wire.mp4 767 2009-11-15T20:28:42+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2009/11/19/video-review-of-the-new-htc-hero-combo-pda-and-mobile-phone-on-the-sprint-network/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/IMG_9013.jpg Video review of the New – HTC Hero combo PDA and Mobile Phone on the Sprint Network Review by Jamie Dolan: “Jamie with Akiva & Vasco” Click here to conact Jamie HTC Hero Review:   The cellular phone market is booming.  They are not just phones anymore, they are PDA’s also.  The Hero is the newest mobile PDA phone from HTC.  This phone is so much more than any other cellular phone I have used in the past, it’s like a computer packed into the palm of your hand.  Now, I’ve used the Apple IPod Touch for some time, which is an amazing product, however the Hero on the Sprint network takes it all to the next level.  […] https://jamiedolan.com/flashvideos/htcherovideo.mp4 237 2009-11-19T22:42:21+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2009/11/21/planing-oak-boards/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/thumb_370.jpg Planing Oak Boards for Cabinet Building — A Video from the Workshop A quick look from the workshop: running rough oak boards through the planer to prep the lumber for a cabinet project. I always like watching those first passes peel off the rough surface and bring out the clean, straight-grained wood underneath. Oak is hard and heavy to work with, but it planes nicely and makes cabinets that last. The video shows the planer in action. https://jamiedolan.com/flashvideos/planer.mp4 614 2009-11-22T02:19:35+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2009/12/19/back-up-your-data-all-of-it/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Screenshot-2026-06-05-192409.png Back-up your data – ALL OF IT! If the article I wrote yesterday wasn’t enough to convince you to back up your data, maybe this will be. I can’t say it enough: back up your data — all of it. Photos, documents, music, the things you’d be heartbroken to lose. Hard drives fail, laptops get dropped, and the only thing standing between you and disaster is a good, current backup. Watch the short video below — then go make sure your important files are safe. Thank you. https://jamiedolan.com/flashvideos/MOV004.mp4 115 2009-12-19T20:42:04+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2010/04/21/electrical-example-videos/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/thumb_1288.jpg Electrical Example Videos — Junction Boxes and Recessed Lighting Basics ⚠ Safety note: I am not a licensed electrician. This post shares my own DIY experience for general information only. Home electrical work is hazardous and is governed by local code. Always shut off power at the breaker and confirm it is off before touching any wires, follow the codes that apply where you live, and when in doubt, hire a licensed electrician. This post originally had two short example videos of electrical work — one of a large junction box and one of standard recessed lighting going in. The originals were hosted on Picasa Web Albums, which Google shut down. […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/MOV007.mp4 120 2010-04-22T02:39:45+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2010/10/10/happy-birthday-andy-dolan/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/maxresdefault.jpg Happy Birthday Andy Dolan! Happy Birthday to Andy Dolan! I put together this little video to celebrate — just press play below to watch. Wishing you a wonderful birthday and a fantastic year ahead, Andy. We hope your day is filled with everything you enjoy and surrounded by all the people you love. (Having trouble with the video above? You can also watch it on YouTube.) https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/andy.mp4 38 2010-10-10T14:53:47+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2010/12/24/luminaries-in-neenah-wi-christmas-eve-2010-12-24-2010-900p-m/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Fullscreen-capture-12242010-104504-PM.jpg Christmas Eve Luminaries in Neenah, WI — December 24, 2010 Every Christmas Eve the neighborhood here in Neenah lines the streets with luminaries — candles glowing inside paper bags — and it looks great. I took this video on Christmas Eve 2010, around 9:00 p.m., to catch the rows of soft, flickering lights running up and down the streets. It’s one of my favorite holiday traditions around here. https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Luminaries-in-Neenah-WI-12-24-2010.mp4 618 2010-12-25T04:49:07+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2023/03/26/snakes-scorpions-owls-birds-and-more-our-visit-to-mtoxins-venom-lab-llc-oshkosh-wi/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230326_133241-scaled.jpg Snakes, Scorpions, Owls, Birds & More: Our Visit to MToxins Venom Lab in Oshkosh, WI (1) The short version: MToxins Venom Lab was a small Oshkosh, Wisconsin facility — one of only nine of its kind in the world — that kept around 580 venomous animals and milked their venom for medicine and research. This post shares our first-hand visit, with 20 photos and four videos (including a live venom extraction), plus a plain-English look at how venom is collected, how it becomes antivenom, and the real-world drugs it has inspired. One note up front: the lab has since closed. We took a drive over to MToxins Venom Lab LLC in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for a tour, and […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230326_144030.mp4 32 2023-03-27T01:08:52+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230326_133241-scaled.jpg Snakes, Scorpions, Owls, Birds & More: Our Visit to MToxins Venom Lab in Oshkosh, WI (2) The short version: MToxins Venom Lab was a small Oshkosh, Wisconsin facility — one of only nine of its kind in the world — that kept around 580 venomous animals and milked their venom for medicine and research. This post shares our first-hand visit, with 20 photos and four videos (including a live venom extraction), plus a plain-English look at how venom is collected, how it becomes antivenom, and the real-world drugs it has inspired. One note up front: the lab has since closed. We took a drive over to MToxins Venom Lab LLC in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for a tour, and […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230326_144327.mp4 28 2023-03-27T01:08:52+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230326_133241-scaled.jpg Snakes, Scorpions, Owls, Birds & More: Our Visit to MToxins Venom Lab in Oshkosh, WI (3) The short version: MToxins Venom Lab was a small Oshkosh, Wisconsin facility — one of only nine of its kind in the world — that kept around 580 venomous animals and milked their venom for medicine and research. This post shares our first-hand visit, with 20 photos and four videos (including a live venom extraction), plus a plain-English look at how venom is collected, how it becomes antivenom, and the real-world drugs it has inspired. One note up front: the lab has since closed. We took a drive over to MToxins Venom Lab LLC in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for a tour, and […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230326_155139.mp4 25 2023-03-27T01:08:52+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230326_133241-scaled.jpg Snakes, Scorpions, Owls, Birds & More: Our Visit to MToxins Venom Lab in Oshkosh, WI (4) The short version: MToxins Venom Lab was a small Oshkosh, Wisconsin facility — one of only nine of its kind in the world — that kept around 580 venomous animals and milked their venom for medicine and research. This post shares our first-hand visit, with 20 photos and four videos (including a live venom extraction), plus a plain-English look at how venom is collected, how it becomes antivenom, and the real-world drugs it has inspired. One note up front: the lab has since closed. We took a drive over to MToxins Venom Lab LLC in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for a tour, and […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230326_155828.mp4 16 2023-03-27T01:08:52+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2023/05/21/akc-shih-tzu-dog-show-oshkosh-wi-5-20-2023/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230520_135603.jpg AKC Shih Tzu Dog Show – Oshkosh, WI 5/20/2023 We spent the day at the AKC dog show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on May 20th, 2023 — running from about 10:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon, with a club raffle and prizes throughout the day. If you’ve only ever seen a dog show on TV, going in person is a real treat. So much of the day happens before the dogs ever step into the ring — the grooming area is a world of its own, with handlers blow-drying, brushing, and fussing over every inch of those long, flowing show coats until they shine. It takes hours of […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230520_135348.mp4 62 2023-05-21T13:48:13+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2023/12/21/christmas-train-2023/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1000024170-scaled.jpg The Christmas Tree and the Train — A Family Tradition at My Parents’ House No Christmas at my parents’ house would be complete without the tree and the train. Every year a big fresh tree goes up, and every year it disappears under what has to be decades’ worth of ornaments — glass figures, lights in every color, tinsel, and keepsakes that have been hung on these branches longer than I’ve been around. And then, of course, there’s the train. A loop of track runs all the way around the base of the tree on the hardwood floor, the way it’s supposed to, ready to circle past the presents. With the cuckoo clock on the […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231221_203938.mp4 22 2023-12-22T03:07:10+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2026/06/07/akiva-and-his-duck-toy-in-2007/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/akiva_duck_featured_1280x960.jpg Akiva and his duck toy in 2007 Akiva must have been around four years old when I took this video back in 2007. That little duck was his absolute favorite. He had a whole basket of toys to choose from, but he always came back to the duck. He would toss it up in the air, give it a good shake, and then chase it across the room like it was the best game ever invented. I came across this old clip again recently and it made me smile. He was such a happy, goofy little guy whenever he got going with a toy he loved. I sure […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Akiva-and-the-duck-1.mp4 112 2026-06-08T02:46:06+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2026/06/07/vasco-and-henreitta-2007/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Vasco_and_the_chicken_featured.jpg Vasco and Henrietta – 2007 (1) Click play to watch the video — or tap the play button in the bottom-left corner. Click play to watch the video — or tap the play button in the bottom-left corner. Vasco was around three years old here, back in 2007. This rubber chicken, who we named Henrietta, was one of his favorite toys. She had a squeaker inside and the silliest little outfit, and Vasco would carry her all over the house, flop down with her, and gnaw on her happily for as long as we would let him. I came across these old clips again recently and they […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Vasco-and-the-chicken.mp4 100 2026-06-08T03:04:28+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Vasco_and_the_chicken_featured.jpg Vasco and Henrietta – 2007 (2) Click play to watch the video — or tap the play button in the bottom-left corner. Click play to watch the video — or tap the play button in the bottom-left corner. Vasco was around three years old here, back in 2007. This rubber chicken, who we named Henrietta, was one of his favorite toys. She had a squeaker inside and the silliest little outfit, and Vasco would carry her all over the house, flop down with her, and gnaw on her happily for as long as we would let him. I came across these old clips again recently and they […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Vasco-and-the-chicken-short.mp4 28 2026-06-08T03:04:28+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2026/06/14/singing-squirrels-in-neenah/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/singing-squirrel-featured.jpg Singing Squirrels in Neenah We get plenty of squirrels at the feeder, but this one really committed to the job. I walked out this morning and found him stretched flat across the top of the peanut cage, helping himself, completely unbothered by me standing a few feet away with my phone. He did not even pause. So naturally, I took his picture. Then, just for fun, I handed the photo to Gemini and asked it to make the squirrel dance and sing. Ten seconds later it gave me back this. It is completely ridiculous and not even slightly real, but it made me laugh out […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Make_the_squirrel_dance_and_si.mp4 10 2026-06-14T19:34:02+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2010/03/05/raw-dog-food-recipes/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/akiva_and_vasco_dogs_eating_raw_natural_diet.JPG Raw Dog Food Recipes: How I Feed My Dogs a Balanced BARF Diet A quick note before you read: I first wrote this back in 2010, and I’ve fed my dogs a raw diet for many years. I’m updating it now, in 2026, with a more balanced view than I had back then — what has genuinely worked for my dogs, what I’ve changed my mind about, and an honest look at the risks — so you can decide what’s right for yours. Are you looking for a way to feed your dog a raw diet? It’s very doable to make raw food at home. Some people buy an expensive grinder and a cabinet […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/akiva-eating-raw-meat.mp4 9 2010-03-05T23:54:28+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2012/10/05/akiva-with-his-new-toy-video/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/image-331-small-400x265-1.jpg Akiva with his new toy (video) Akiva and his new toy. We handed it to him expecting the usual chewing and tossing, and instead he did the most Akiva thing possible: he tucked it right under his chin and settled in. “Oh, Akiva, you got your new toy, and you’re using it as a chin rest!” It is one of those small, perfect things that make living with a dog so wonderful. He found himself a comfy perch, plopped that little chin down, and stayed there happily. Pure Akiva. Here is the short video from 2012. https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/akiva-new-toy-2012.mp4 15 2012-10-06T04:59:56+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2009/11/24/10-tips-keep-dog-safe-thanksgiving-holiday/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/IMG_8964.CR2.jpg Top 10 tips for keeping your dog safe this Thanksgiving Holiday 2009-11-23 7:54:56 There are only 39 short days left until this year is over, the days seem to pass by more quickly each year.  With Thanksgiving only a few days away, we’re officially starting the holiday season, which will continue past the New Year into January.  The holidays are going to be even busier than the rest of the year was.  We will have friends and family over, large meals to cook, presents to wrap, and parties to throw.  Taking a moment now to remind yourself of the holiday dangers that your dog can get into, can save you from a […] https://jamiedolan.com/flashvideos/How%20to%20keep%20your%20dog%20safe%20this%20thanksgiving%20holiday.mp4 159 2009-11-24T20:35:43+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2010/12/31/roasting-cofee-on-the-behmor-1600/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/hqdefault.jpg Roasting Coffee on the Behmor 1600 — A Full Video Walkthrough Behmor coffee roaster from Sweet Marias Coffee.  The coffee I am roasting in this video is also from SweetMarias Coffee. This video shows the process of roasting green coffee beans in the Behmor 1600 cofee roaster (drum style).  this video shows the process including the cooling stage.  The video is narrated and explains the stages the beans are at as they roast.  I’ve roasted quite a few times with a RK drum roaster setup.  I’ve also done many batches with the IRoast, which is now a bit defunct and parts are not longer available for the IRoast. Happy Roasting! If you […] https://jamiedolan.com/video/Coffee%20Roasting%20Behmor%201600%2012-29-2010_12-29-2010.mp4 2252 2010-12-31T17:22:16+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2011/01/01/plants-growing-under-indoor-lights/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/image-51.jpg Plants Growing Under Indoor Lights — My Basement Setup for Bonsai and Succulents My plants growing under florescent light fixtures I have setup in the basement.  Hoya, Pothos, Philodendron, Desert Rose, Jade, Euphorbia milii, Various Cactus, and Rosemary,  among others.  This indoor growing light setup has turned out to be very effective and the plants look great.  I water almost all of these plants every other day.  They are fairly dried out by the second day, though not too dry.  Only a couple get really dry in 2 days, those are in small containers.  Some of the jade and cacti I allow to go far longer than 2 days. https://jamiedolan.com/video/2011/Plants%20Growing%20under%20Lights%20in%20Basement%201-1-2011.mp4 250 2011-01-02T03:14:58+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2011/01/02/shih-tzu-dogs-eating-their-raw-chicken-dinner/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/thumb_1813.jpg Our Shih Tzus Eating Their Raw Chicken Dinner Mealtime at our house. The dogs are big fans of their raw diet, and this video catches the boys digging into raw chicken dinner. They take it seriously — a lot of crunching and not much looking up until the bowls are empty. Raw feeding has worked well for them. https://jamiedolan.com/video/2011/Dogs%20eating%20raw%20dinner%201-1-11.mp4 75 2011-01-02T22:25:42+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2011/01/02/coffee-roasting-sweet-marias-new-classic-espresso-blend/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Coffee-Stash.jpg Home Coffee Roasting on a Behmor, and a 2008 Coffee Show in Minneapolis Here is a home coffee roast from back in the day: Sweet Maria’s New Classic Espresso Blend. The video below shows the whole roast from start to finish, and this batch came out really well. I always let the beans rest a few days before brewing, since that resting time lets the flavor settle, which works best for espresso. Roast settings: 1 pound, P2, B. My home roasting setup That roast was done on a Behmor drum roaster. I roasted on that machine for years and got a lot of good coffee out of it. It needs watching, you cannot just […] https://jamiedolan.com/video/2011/Coffee%20Roasting%20-%20New%20Classic%20Espresso%20Blend%201-2-2011_1-2-2011.mp4 2244 2011-01-02T23:43:59+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2011/01/06/cleaning-the-behmor-1600-coffee-roaster/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/image-91-small.jpg How to Clean the Behmor 1600 Coffee Roaster — A Quick Maintenance Guide 1-6-2011 The Behmor 1600 Coffee roaster needs to be cleaned about ever 5 times that you roast. More frequently if your making very dark roasts. When cleaning the unit, you will wipe down the inside parts of the machine with a rag that has Simple Green on it. Then you will do a Dry Burn where you run the machine through a roasting cycle while it is empty. These easy steps in keeping the machine clean are not only recommended by the manufacturer, but will help ensure a long life for your coffee roaster. Always clean the chaff out of the […] https://jamiedolan.com/video/2011/Cleaning%20and%20Dry%20Burn%20on%20The%20Behmor%201600.mp4 1528 2011-01-07T00:49:34+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2011/01/06/vasco-and-hera-sitting-together/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/vasco_hera_thumb.jpg Vasco and Hera Sharing a Chair My dogs Vasco and Hera sitting together in the chair. Hera was a little snippy when Vasco first jumped up next to her, but she settled down fast, and the two of them sat there together for a good while. Nice to see them get along. (That’s Akiva you’ll spot toward the end of the video.) https://jamiedolan.com/video/2011/Vasco%20and%20Hera%20in%20Chair.mp4 13 2011-01-07T00:57:57+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2018/04/24/akiva-over-the-years-various-photos/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/17434822_10154838857090617_8003654876746200058_o.jpg Akiva over the years – various photos Akiva has been with me for a long time, and going through the photos from over the years always brings up a lot of good memories. He’s been there for everything — the apartment years, the early blog days, countless walks and car rides and naps on the couch. That photo of young me hugging him in the backyard might actually be one of my favorite pictures we have together. By the time we started using the pet stroller for walks, he’d earned every bit of the royal treatment. He always looked completely at ease in it, just taking in the […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/FB_VID_5397971703745766660.mp4 70 2018-04-24T16:04:05+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2022/11/11/karen-and-bogey-late-fall-2022/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-1.png Karen and Bogey – Late fall 2022 Just a few favorite photos of Karen and Bogey from late fall of 2022. Bogey is our scruffy little Shih Tzu, and he has never met a camera he didn’t like. Here he is getting some love from Karen, then posing like a champ in a big pile of bright yellow maple leaves, and finally claiming his favorite little chair as his own throne. That soft, late-fall light and all the fallen color made for the perfect backdrop. He may be small, but he sure knows how to ham it up. Bonus: Bogey’s happy grass roll https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AQM3Wl6blD3mXpYjRv4ayKDZRqWSzul3VOdKbWJc95x8r-UO6G0vNCU5UOYKPGZiWirlHtBVi5sFsjGbic-XR4FW.mp4 38 2022-11-11T19:38:04+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2026/07/08/fourth-of-july-fireworks-over-the-neenah-harbor/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/neenah-fireworks-2026-05-scaled.jpg Fourth of July Fireworks Over the Neenah Harbor (1) The Fourth of July has looked about the same for me for as long as I can remember. Once it gets dark, you make your way down toward the water in Neenah, find a patch of grass, and wait for the first shell to go up over the harbor. I have been watching these fireworks most of my life, either from my parents’ yard or from down at the park. This year I walked down from my parents’ house to Riverside Park with my camera to catch them up close. It was one of those warm, easy evenings you hope for […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/neenah-fireworks-2026-park-1.mp4 121 2026-07-08T12:31:01+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/neenah-fireworks-2026-05-scaled.jpg Fourth of July Fireworks Over the Neenah Harbor (2) The Fourth of July has looked about the same for me for as long as I can remember. Once it gets dark, you make your way down toward the water in Neenah, find a patch of grass, and wait for the first shell to go up over the harbor. I have been watching these fireworks most of my life, either from my parents’ yard or from down at the park. This year I walked down from my parents’ house to Riverside Park with my camera to catch them up close. It was one of those warm, easy evenings you hope for […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/neenah-fireworks-2026-park-2.mp4 82 2026-07-08T12:31:01+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/neenah-fireworks-2026-05-scaled.jpg Fourth of July Fireworks Over the Neenah Harbor (3) The Fourth of July has looked about the same for me for as long as I can remember. Once it gets dark, you make your way down toward the water in Neenah, find a patch of grass, and wait for the first shell to go up over the harbor. I have been watching these fireworks most of my life, either from my parents’ yard or from down at the park. This year I walked down from my parents’ house to Riverside Park with my camera to catch them up close. It was one of those warm, easy evenings you hope for […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/neenah-fireworks-2026-backyard.mp4 7 2026-07-08T12:31:01+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2026/07/26/night-air-show-and-fireworks-at-eaa-airventure/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260725_221621-2-scaled.jpg The Night Air Show and Fireworks at EAA AirVenture Some things you just have to go see in person, even if you are watching from a distance. Saturday night I went down to Oshkosh for the closing night of EAA AirVenture. If you are not from the Fox Valley, AirVenture is the big one. Every July the Experimental Aircraft Association takes over Wittman Regional Airport and puts on what is, with no exaggeration, the largest aviation gathering in the world. Hundreds of thousands of people come through over the course of the week, and the field fills up with everything from little home-built experimentals to restored warbirds to modern military […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/eaa-airventure-fireworks-2026.mp4 130 2026-07-26T22:46:09+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2026/07/29/riverside-park-tornado-damage-neenah/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260727_180122-scaled.jpg Riverside Park, Two Days After the Tornado (1) This is the last of the four. That Monday evening I made a loop of the lakefront parks, my own yard first, then Fresh Air Park and Kimberly Point, and I finished at Riverside. Of all of them, Riverside is the one that stopped me. Riverside is the old one. The city bought the land, all 19.5 acres of it, from Henry Sherry and his wife back in 1872 for $4,400, which makes it one of the oldest parks Neenah has. It sits right where the Fox River runs out of Lake Winnebago, and a lot of us grew up there. […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260727_175707-web.mp4 47 2026-07-30T02:13:13+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260727_180122-scaled.jpg Riverside Park, Two Days After the Tornado (2) This is the last of the four. That Monday evening I made a loop of the lakefront parks, my own yard first, then Fresh Air Park and Kimberly Point, and I finished at Riverside. Of all of them, Riverside is the one that stopped me. Riverside is the old one. The city bought the land, all 19.5 acres of it, from Henry Sherry and his wife back in 1872 for $4,400, which makes it one of the oldest parks Neenah has. It sits right where the Fox River runs out of Lake Winnebago, and a lot of us grew up there. […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260727_180030-web.mp4 47 2026-07-30T02:13:13+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2026/07/29/kimberly-point-lighthouse-tornado-neenah/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260727_181022-scaled.jpg The Kimberly Point Lighthouse Survived the Tornado After Fresh Air Park, with the evening light getting long, I drove up to Kimberly Point. Of all the places the tornado had come near that day, this was the one I most wanted to see with my own eyes. If you have spent any time in Neenah, you know Kimberly Point. It sits right at the tip of the land where Lake Winnebago empties into the Fox River, and it has a lighthouse. Helen Kimberly Stuart gave the land to the city in 1929, and the park is named for her family, the same Kimberlys behind Kimberly-Clark, which got its […] https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260727_180954-web.mp4 92 2026-07-30T01:57:57+00:00 yes https://jamiedolan.com/2026/07/29/fresh-air-park-tornado-damage-neenah/ https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260727_174037-scaled.jpg Tornado Damage at Fresh Air Park in Neenah A couple hours after the tornado went through and things had settled down, I drove over to Fresh Air Park to see how the lake looked. I have been going to that park my whole life. If you are not from Neenah, Fresh Air Park sits on the west shore of Lake Winnebago, over on Maple Lane. It started as a Fresh Air Camp more than a hundred years ago, run by the Neenah School District, back when the thinking was that lake air and open space were good for kids. It did not officially become a city park until 1947. 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