Veterans Day display at our local Senior Center …photo by Joe I have traveled extensively interviewing a good number of U.S. Military Veterans on a range of issues. From these interviews, I’ve crafted a position paper on the military that … Continue reading →
Audobon article photo While reading an Audubon Magazine recently, I came across an article about Native Americans starting to reclaim more of their land. The article starts out with a damning, but wholly true, statement: “Since settlers arrived in the … Continue reading →
photo by Joe A number of democratic socialists won in the recent America midterms. This is problematic, especially since my faith, Catholic, expressly rejects the tenants of socialism. Nonetheless, socialism is spreading in parts of Europe and, again, starting to … Continue reading →
Ugandan art display …photo by Joe I was in Uganda in recent weeks, kinda, sorta… For a newspaper article, I interviewed a local woman who started a Christian non-profit that ministers to the poor in Uganda. A nurse, her organization, … Continue reading →
Illuminated Bike/Walking Trail, Bluffton, Ohio Bluffton, Ohio (pop. 4,500), was recently named the “Second Most Bicycle Friendly Town in Ohio.” It has an extensive set of walking/bicycle trails, including this section on the village’s east end. During my cross-country research … Continue reading →
Back in the saddle, ‘er rather: Back on the ladder… In late May, as mentioned in an earlier post, I fell off a rather high extension ladder, shattered my wrist and also broke a bone in my elbow (of the … Continue reading →
’66 Catalina …photo by Joe Catching up on the last month, or so… I did a newspaper article interview with a local man who has a 1966 Catalina classic car. His father was a classic car collector, and he grew … Continue reading →
Canal Museum. Delphos, Ohio Our village is in the process of developing a History Museum. And a cadre of Historical Society members here have gone to other small town history museums throughout the area — to take notes. (*I’m in … Continue reading →
photo by Joe Bluffton’s Annual Classic Car Show this June featured, well, all sorts of classic cars — like this Mustang. Part of our platform is to ask Americans to consider going back to a time in America when the … Continue reading →
photo by Joe Catching up on the Summer of 2026 (continued): FIFA World Cup. I had a chance to watch a few of the World Cup matches this summer with my daughter, Sarah, who was back in Bluffton for a … Continue reading →