After finishing our last tour, we have stopped at a farm in western Ohio. Here we’ve been involved with most every aspect of farming: baling hay, helping with a big garden, feeding the animals (cows, chickens, sheep…). … Continue reading
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During part of our Florida Panhandle Tour last month, we met Beth and Patrick Stanley in Defuniak Springs, Florida. This is a mom and her 31-year-old son. Patrick has Down Syndrome and still lives at home. Beth … Continue reading
Our Florida Panhandle Tour continued: In Crestview, Florida, we met with Rosa Garrett from South Korea. She married an American service man and came to the states some 25 years ago. Of the contrasts between countries, … Continue reading
Our Florida Panhandle Tour continues… We stopped in Crestview, Florida, where we met with Ron and Mary Kirby. They met in Guam where there are two U.S. military bases. Guam is an unincorporated territory of the … Continue reading
Our Florida Panhandle Tour continues… While in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, I watched President Obama’s speech on current Middle East policy today. My beliefs square with his in standing in opposition to regimes that rule by “coercion, not … Continue reading
More catching up from the last few weeks… In Carrabelle, Florida, we did a video segment from a small memorial to John “Buck” O’Neil. Born here on Nov. 13, 1911, O’Neil was a stand out in the old … Continue reading
We have launched on our next tour leg… Our first stop was Macon, Georgia — not by design. We got a flat. At Yancey Tires, owner Bill Yancey (calloused greasy hands and a rumpled shirt that read: … Continue reading
We’ve spent the winter volunteering at an outreach to the homeless in Atlanta. The last few days, Atlanta has experienced another cold snap and there has been a steady stream of people at our door for blankets, hats, gloves… … Continue reading
Liz and I gave a campaign talk at the Open Door Community in Atlanta today. The Open Door is an outreach to the homeless. We said that as a family over the years, we have regularly taken homeless … Continue reading
According to Gwynne Dyer, author of the book Climate Wars, for each year we don’t “come up with an adequate climate deal (Copenhagen Accords was a bust),” it is probably costing somewhere on the order of 50 million premature deaths … Continue reading