“Its the economy stupid!” This political campaign slogan mantra is bandied about, either implied or implicit, in every presidential campaign cycle. Ours, however, is a different take on the “economy.” As an example: I was just reading in the book … Continue reading →

Continuing to catch up on last couple months…  I recently interviewed Bluffton farmer Greg Probst at his “Century Farm” for a local newspaper article.   He grows everything organically, has free-range chickens (no antibiotics), etc., etc., etc…  He said he … Continue reading →

In the last couple months, I’ve found myself (as usual): multi-tasking.  I’ve been out to campaign on the back roads of Ohio several times.  I’ve been working on a big house painting project in Bluffton (“Joe the Painter”).  Liz (the … Continue reading →

For a school lesson yesterday, my son Jonathan, 9, and I looked up “eagles” in our World Book Encyclopedia.  That’s right, we didn’t ‘Google’ it, we looked it up.  And there it was, with big pictures of eagles and everything.  … Continue reading →

The Senate is weighing a bill that would pull some subsidies from farmers, cutting about $5 billion from the Federal Budget annually.  The genesis for farm subsidies came during the Great Depression and were safety nets for small farmers to … Continue reading →