This is only a test

Tomorrow will be the day that Deb's cousin comes over to help me sort the Ernie-to-Mercy electrical connection. The brief plug-in test I conducted the other day...

The real ‘Independence Day’

Although we celebrate our independence on the Fourth of July, when 56 men committed high treason by signing the Declaration of Independence, it was 245 years ago today that our Founders formally asserted the Colonies' independence from the Crown....

What we really do

This is Day 391 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve. Deb and I are fine this spring Sunday. We’ve whittled down our list of pre-adventure maintenance and repair tasks considerably this week...

Listen here

This is Day 362 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve. Deb and I are ok. Today seems like a day for quotes and recommended reading...

Day 317: The Extreme, Part II

It’s Day 317 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve and Day 77 of The Curfew Buckeyes Ignore. Deb and I are doin’ fine today. This latest round of winter weather came to an end overnight Monday into Tuesday morning. How much snow we got is...

Flashback: ‘Why stand we here idle?’ (1775)

There may be no more inspiring speech in American history than the one attributed to Patrick Henry, delivered to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775. Today's Patriots can learn much from his passion as well as his words.

Day 303: And here we are

This is Day 303 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve and Day 63 of Ohio’s 21-day WuFlu Curfew. Today also marked the disappointing end of the Trump administration — the most pro-America and pro-American four-year period of my lifetime — and the beginning of...

Day 301: ‘A nation of riflemen’

This is Day 301 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve, and it’s Day 61 of Ohio’s 21-day WuFlu Curfew. Deb and I are fine today. We had ourselves a great Sunday — my Facebook friends already know why, since I wrote about it on my personal page, but...

Day 297: Another bowl of goulash

This is Day 297 of the First Ohio Shutdown and Day 57 of Ohio’s 21-day WuFlu Curfew. Deb and I are fine today. Ernie began drawing our time and attention again yesterday. A friend and former customer of ours...