Inter-Religious Center photo, BYU.edu I just finished reading a rather in-depth National Geographic piece on Afghanistan, written 20 years into America’s war here (and just prior to the final U.S. withdrawal). The war was sparked by “9/11,” and created havoc, … Continue reading →
education/psychology book An excerpt from this book notes that W.E.B. Du Bois, a philosophy professor, who was an avid proponent of civil rights, suggested that being “…Black in America” sometimes plays out in trauma responses that range from defiance, to … Continue reading →
book cover A couple days ago, two National Guardsman were shot in D.C. by an Afghan national who, previously, had worked with the dangerous, CIA-led so called “Zero-Units” in Afghanistan. This man, as so many of our war veterans, may … Continue reading →
“Graffiti Church,” New York City I recently attended a talk by one of the pastors of this church, Graffiti Church. Amidst the ‘homeless sweep’ of our cities in recent months, this church, conversely, ‘sweeps’ people up in Christ’s arms. The … Continue reading →
ELF bicycle car …photo by Joe (Catching up on the last couple months, cont.) Bluffton, Ohio has been recently named the 2nd most bicycle friendly town in Ohio. This is, in no small part, because of the Bluffton Lions Club, … Continue reading →
local museum display Continuing to catch up on the last few months… Part of our campaign is to ask people to consider, well, going back to the 1950’s. Not in every respect, like, for instance, Segregation. But back to a … Continue reading →
Joe Catching up on the last month(s)… I wrote a newspaper article series on a workshop collective of 15 Rwandan women who, in trying to recover from the genocide, do extremely beautiful, and painstaking, embroidery art (using multi-color fine thread) … Continue reading →
America cloud? …photo by Joe Catching up on the summer of 2025 (part 5)… I took this photo, about a month back, near sunset, looking west from my office. Look at the bottom of the cloud, on the right side. … Continue reading →
History Museum football helmet, circa the 1950s. …photo by Joe Catching up on the summer of 2025 (part 4)…. I wrote a newspaper article this summer about a local man who played football for Cincinnati University in the 1950s. He … Continue reading →
Ray Brown mural Catching up on the summer of 2025 (part 3)… I did a series of stories on the new Ray Brown Memorial Park slated to be dedicated soon in Alger, Ohio. A history professor at Ohio Northern University, … Continue reading →