My son Jonathan and I are collaborating on a funds2Orgs project at the high school here. We are setting up a box for used shoes. The organization then takes the shoes, weighs them, and donates so much per: pound to … Continue reading →
Busy week… A story about the campaign ran in the Bluffton News (circ. 2,000) yesterday. Well if you don’t carry Bluffton, you’re not going to carry the country. The story noted that I was being billed as “average Joe the … Continue reading →
I have spent the week campaigning around our hometown, Bluffton, Ohio (pop. 3,875). Well the way we have it figured, if we don’t carry Bluffton, we aren’t going to carry the country. (To reiterate, we’re doing this all without paid … Continue reading →
Library display Was doing some research on the Triplett Corp., which was a pretty high-profile, local company during the first part of last century. They specialized in making all sorts of meters. What’s more, during WW II, the Triplett Corp. … Continue reading →
Juarez, Mexico family home I did a “Town Hall” style event for some seniors at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton today. Immigration came up, as it is coming up consistently on the national stage. Our campaign done a number … Continue reading →
outskirts of Bluffton …photo by Joe (…the painter) Keeping up my populist image, not to mention having to pay for rent, food, gas… I was doing some exterior painting recently at an artist studio on the outskirts of Bluffton, adjacent … Continue reading →
Leading the way for Bluffton, Ohio’s 2024 Memorial Day Parade… That’s right, while I wasn’t at Arlington Cemetery for Memorial Day, I was at Bluffton, Ohio’s Memorial Day Parade today. Pictured here are some of our local Military Veterans leading … Continue reading →
“Up, up, and away…” –photo by Joe Bluffton was one of 53 sites along the recent total solar eclipse “Path of Totality” for NASA’s Eclipse Balloon Project. College teams from as far away as Alaska participated, with the University of … Continue reading →
Schoonover Observatory: Lima, Ohio In the last year, I’ve done a number of newspaper articles about next year’s “Total Solar Eclipse,” slated for April 8, 2024 — with the “…path of totality” being almost directly over our area. Hundreds of … Continue reading →
photo by Joe, banner design by Joe, window banner design by Cafe Press… That’s right, while the other guys (and Nicki) are touring about in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina… in their big, new campaign motorhomes, I designed a magnetic … Continue reading →