Go Hokies!
Our Virginia Common Wealth Tour continues… We headed out of Verona and on to rural Buchanan, Virginia. We stopped at the Buchanan Quick Stop (that didn’t seem all that quick ). A slow country music song … Continue reading →
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Aren’t a lot of us ‘Zacchaeus’?
We launched our Common Wealth Tour through Virginia… We arrived at a city park in Woodstock (no relation to the Woodstock), Virginia, just before sunset. A local kids soccer team, “The Tigers,” was practicing. … Continue reading →
…an American town being wiped out, every day.
In Hagerstown, Maryland, we stood in solidarity with a group protesting in front of a downtown abortion clinic there. I mentioned that this day in America there would be about 4,400 babies killed in their mothers’ wombs. In … Continue reading →
…drinking water in their homes.
In Hagerstown, Maryland, we talked with Fr. Nixon Mullah who is from the country of Cameroon. While he now lives in America, Fr. Nixon goes back to his village in Cameroon for a month each year. There he … Continue reading →
“…fix my pockets.”
Out of New Jersey, we headed back into Pennsylvania, stopping first in Allentown (Remember the Billy Joel song?). Parts of this old blue-collar city are, indeed, as depressed at Mr. Joel sings about. While there, we talked with … Continue reading →
stimulus money, alternator bolts, and toast
We went over the Washington Bridge out of Long Island and headed south on the New Jersey Turnpike. At a Service Plaza, I passed on a campaign card to a man from Massachussetts. He said he would have … Continue reading →
over crowding?
While in Southhold, New York (at the eastern end of Long Island), I learned that to curb over crowding” in this rather well-to-do area, zoning now only allows for one single family dwelling on an acre of land. I … Continue reading →
public enemy #1
We headed through part of New York City and over the George Washington Bridge the other night late. Quite a view! Then it was on to Long Island. We stopped in East North Port where I passed … Continue reading →
…the man with a tool belt, and ‘kids like shadows’
In East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, we talked with a retired elementary teacher who had worked in the Bronx, New York. He said what we’re seeing in America is a domino effect. That is, as the discipline breaks down in … Continue reading →
Anyone remember that concept?
The Keystone State Tour 2 rolled on… At a Flying J Truck Stop in Lamar, Pennsylvania, I passed out campaign cards to some rock band ‘roadies’ just getting out of their tour bus. (Speaking of music, check out … Continue reading →