I talked to a farmer from Othello, Washington, over the weekend. She said that on a farm you are tremendously dependent on oil products. Not only do you need gasoline to power tractors, combines, and the like, but … Continue reading
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While back in Cleveland, my daughter Sarah and I attended a session on Sabbath Economics at the Catholic Worker House. One participant said that our society has become absolutely nuts with complexity. That is, we now spend so … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Roads Tour: We stopped in a number of small towns and burgs in Adams County, Ohio, this week. In Unity, Ohio (Amish country), we visited Ryan’s Grocery. It is a very small store with old … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Road Tour: We spent last the evening with Moses Keim, his wife and his son’s family in Oliver Township, Ohio. They are Amish. We talked about declinining, moral standards (like modesty of dress), our nuclear … Continue reading
We played “Social Justice Football” with the kids at the Catholic Worker House this week on a somewhat soggy field. In Social Justice Football, everybody gets a chance to run, pass, catch… And although the score was 21 … Continue reading
We spent the past five days in Cleveland catching up on paper work. To earn some personal income while we were back home, I also scraped a house up the street in preparation for painting. Some of it … Continue reading
On the Virginia Tech shootings, the Nichols Mines Amish girls shootings, the Columbine shootings… It wouldn’t take a professor of Social Psychology to figure this out. We are awash in media/entertainment violence. It influences our pysches. … Continue reading
We met with Mose Keim in Dunkinsville, Ohio. He’s Amish. He also designs and manufactures high quality, cedar bird feeders. Mr. Keim gave us a tour of his small, low-tech plant. He employs 12 people here … Continue reading
Before moving to the inner city of Cleveland, we lived in Bluffton, Ohio. I used to take the kids to watch the Bluffton University Baseball Team. Some of this year’s team members died today in a tremendously tragic bus … Continue reading
Just prior to Christmas, my family and I participated in the annual, Catholic Worker: ‘Social Justice Bowl Game.’ My team, among others, included my wife Liz, who is from New Zealand and only knows rugby. And Marie, … Continue reading