photo by Joe In the last week, I’ve written newspaper articles about: the fiscal outlook of a typical village in the midst of a pandemic; about a high school student involved with an Ohio “Ambassador’s Program” designed to teach young … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2020
photo by Joe On the way to my kid’s soccer game near Toledo the other night, I stopped in Van Buren, Ohio (pop. 461). There’s a small post office there that had fall schedules for the local high school team. … Continue reading
photo by Joe On a Buckeye Backroads Tour down Old Rte. 30 recently, I stopped at this restaurant in Cairo, Ohio. As you can see, the “joe mobile” is festooned with Browns stuff, Ohio State stuff… Well, when in Rome. … Continue reading
joe photo by joe… at yet another travel center Catching up on the last couple weeks… I’m pictured here at the Pilot Travel Center in Beaverdam, Ohio, where I stopped to stump. Think about it. You’ve got people from all … Continue reading
photo by Joe of Joe… My “Buckeye Back Roads Tour” continued with a stop in Gomer, Ohio (pop. 488). And I stumped, not just in any ‘ole place in Gomer, but rather quite strategically at “Uncle Al’s,” which is, decidedly, … Continue reading
Cairo, Ohio …photo by Joe On my recent campaign tour down Old Rte. 30, I stumped in Cairo, Ohio. (Something I’ve done in hundreds and hundreds of towns over the years.) Cairo is a small, rural town made up, primarily, … Continue reading
photo by Joe (the painter) While “Mar-a-lago Donald” and the “Scranton working class kid Joe” (cough) pull out all the stops trying to pander to the “average Joe’s and Jane’s” out there, I just finished painting part of this porch … Continue reading
photo by Joe [pre-pandemic] This week I wrote a piece for the newspaper on a Youth For Christ (YFC) outreach in a hardscrabble area of Lima, Ohio. This place, as you see here (pre-pandemic), is usually bustling with youth activity, … Continue reading
selfie by joe in Beaverdam, Ohio While the Democrats and Republicans were doing Zoom Conventions (sans the Trump/White House lawn thing), I was ‘zooming’ (sorry) around Ohio on yet more of my “Buckeye Blitz Tour.” This night I headed down … Continue reading
“blue line” flag …photo by Joe What’s starting to dot towns around the area is what’s called: “blue line flags.” I just wrote a story for one of the local newspapers about this. The flag is meant as a show … Continue reading