4/12/08

Dan Kremer, an organic farmer in Yorkshire, Ohio, just sent me something from the National Catholic Rural Life Conference.   It was titled: Eating Is A Moral Act.   One of the issues raised was: “Supporting fair wages and healthy … Continue reading

11/15/07

The NY Times carried a front page story on Delray Beach, Fla., which they dubbed:  “The Oasis of Sobriety.”   The reason for this is because of  Delray’s “compact geography and critical mass of recovering people.”   There are recovering … Continue reading

6/11/07

Average JoeOhio Tour cont.:   While in Bluffton, we stayed on Dan and Cindy Basinger’s farm.   Dan told me he’d recently read a story about a rock singer who converted to Christianity.   He was sitting in a pew … Continue reading

4/4/06

We stopped at Holy Resurrection, a Byzantine Catholic Monastery out in the desert in Newberry Springs, California. After attending early evening prayers with the Fathers here, we were invited to dinner. It was a simple fare of spinach sandwhiches, salad … Continue reading

3/30/06

The kids and I went to a talk last night by Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) with Cesar Chavez. To about 350 people at the University of California at Monterey Bay World Theatre, Ms. Huerta … Continue reading