A predominant mainstream presidential candidate debate topic this time revolved around family separation issues at our southern border. I did several Southern Border Research Tours, and know the desperation of many people trying to cross over to our country. And … Continue reading
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photo by Joe of Joe’s campaign camper A main debate topic the other night between Biden and Trump was “…family separation at the border.” The Obama Administration built the cages to house immigrants at the border. And the Trump Administration … Continue reading
Over the weekend, I was reading part of this college textbook on sociology. Under a section on “family,” it noted — among a lot of things — that half the inmates in U.S. jails had a father, mother, brother or … Continue reading
photo by Joe [billboard sentiment by –God] If we were, sincerely, ‘talking to God’ as a country: abortion would end; the Marriage Equality Bill currently being pushed in the Senate would fail; the breakdown of the nuclear family would, well, … Continue reading
Great Depression photo …Scioto Marsh area of Ohio I’ve recently written a series of stories about the Scioto Marsh area in Ohio during the Great Depression. The Marsh had been drained, leaving rich black soil that was quite conducive for … Continue reading
1950 Chevrolet …photo by Joe While traveling across Ohio recently, I stopped at the Red Tomato (That’s right. Dan Quayle couldn’t spell tomato right (Or was that potato?), but I can — thanks to spell check.) in Mt. Eaton. The … Continue reading
Catching up on May and June (cont.)… McGuffey, Ohio, home of the Scioto Marsh, is having their 125 year Anniversary Festival this summer. I wrote a newspaper article on it. During the Depression, families moved from all over Ohio, Kentucky, … Continue reading
Catching up on May and June… I was the quintessential ‘track parent’ this spring, going to meets all over Northwest Ohio, then, eventually, all the way to Columbus for the State Finals. Our Jonathan made it to State in the … Continue reading
quilt section I just interviewed a local woman for a newspaper article that focused on her passion for genealogy. In the past 50 years, she’s has put together some 14 rather thick volumes of archival material on both her, and … Continue reading
photo by Joe On a Buckeye Back Road Tour stop in Kalida, Ohio, I came across an actual pay phone. (For those of you under, say, 35, Google: pay phone.) When you were out and about “…back in the day,” … Continue reading