We continue on our farm sabbatical in western Ohio. I’ve spent the last three days painting a barn. While up on the ladder, I got to thinking about the debt ceiling debate. One of the most recent … Continue reading →
After finishing our last tour, we have stopped at a farm in western Ohio. Here we’ve been involved with most every aspect of farming: baling hay, helping with a big garden, feeding the animals (cows, chickens, sheep…). … Continue reading →
During part of our Florida Panhandle Tour last month, we met Beth and Patrick Stanley in Defuniak Springs, Florida. This is a mom and her 31-year-old son. Patrick has Down Syndrome and still lives at home. Beth … Continue reading →
Catching up on our last week in Ohio… We’ve come to farm country near the mid-western border of Ohio for a pit stop. This afternoon I was out in a barn putting up bales of hay… Earlier in … Continue reading →
On our tour back north last week, we made several stops in Kentucky. In Glasgow, KY, we passed out literature on the street and then, well, experienced some engine problems with our ’78 camper. Specifically, it was blowing … Continue reading →
On our way up I-65 through Alabama last week, we stopped in the small town of Cullman. The tornado that devastated Tuskaloosa, skipped across the state, also touching down in Cullman. I talked to one of the eye … Continue reading →
Last week we came up through Alabama on I-65. Without looking to a fashion consultant — or even a political consultant for that matter — I decided to where an Auburn University shirt through the first half of the … Continue reading →
Catching up… We came out of the Florida Panhandle, heading into Alabama in the early evening one day last week. And we found ourselves caught in the cross hairs of a huge thunder storm system. We turned … Continue reading →
Yesterday we were in Glasgow, Kentucky, and attended part of a Memorial Day Service at the town cemetery. Among those in attendance, was a man in his 50s who was dressed in a World War II khaki uniform standing … Continue reading →
Our Florida Panhandle Tour continued: In Crestview, Florida, we met with Rosa Garrett from South Korea. She married an American service man and came to the states some 25 years ago. Of the contrasts between countries, … Continue reading →