Below is an index of titles with links to all my posts.
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May 1, 2020: Bootleg Gospel…
April 3, 2020: Vagabond Traveler; Brave New World…
March 6, 2020: The Fifth Son…
February 7, 2020: Winterset…
January 10, 2020: My Father’s Passing; One Year Out…
December 13, 2019: Incident on Romans Road…
November 15,2019: Vagabond Traveler; Songs of Autumn…
October 18,2019: Sons of my People…
September 20, 2019: Broken Roads: Cover Me…
August 23, 2019: Dog Days of August…
July 26.2019: Battlefields of Summer…
June 28, 2019: The Dust of Life…
May 31, 2019: Motorcycle Dreams; Wake me Gentle…
May 3, 2019: Last Call in Leola…
April 5, 2019: Joseph’s Legacy; Breaking the Chains…
March 8, 2019: Vagabond Traveler; Me and Sam…
February 8, 2019: The Name of the Broken Road…
January 11, 2019: My Father’s Road: The Final Journey…
December 21, 2018: Voices Calling – The End of Days…
November 16, 2018: Tales of my People…
October 19, 2018: Broken Roads: The Long Way Home…
September 14, 2018: The Weasel, The Maiden & The Prophet…
August 17,2018: Ghosts of August…
July 27, 2018: Notes From the Broken Road…
June 29, 2018: Vagabond Traveler: Fortunate Son…
June 8, 2018: A Resting Place…
May 11, 2018: Skipping Church and Other Sins…
April 13, 2018: Return to Vincennes: Blood and Kin…
March 16, 2018: Vagabond Traveler: Amish Black…
February 16, 2018: Old Order Mennonites and Me…
January 26, 2018: Dark Knight Rising…
December 29, 2017: Vagabond Traveler: The Promised Land…
December 8, 2017: Ninety-Six Years: My Father’s Road…
November 17, 2017: The Sharp-Dressed Man…
October 27, 2017: Vagabond Traveler: The Second Gate…
October 6, 2017: Rachel’s Tears…
September 1, 2017: Vagabond Traveler: Fifty-Six Years…
August 11, 2017: The Last Ride of Devon Gingerich…
July 21, 2017: Sons of Daivess…
June 23, 2017: The Child in Town (Sketch #18)
May 26, 2017: A Frozen Moment in Time…
April 28, 2017: My Father’s Keeper…
March 31, 2017: Vagabond Traveler: Ten Years on the Road…
March 10, 2017: David and Mary…
February 17, 2017: My Father’s Staff…
January 20, 2017: “Selling” Jesus…
December 30, 2016: The Bishop and the Coach Gun…
December 2, 2016: A Hard Place to Leave…
November 4, 2016: Vagabond Traveler: The Curse…
October 7, 2016: The Preacher and the Prophet…
September 9, 2016: The Bishop at Rest…
August 19, 2016: Vagabond Traveler: One More City…
August 5, 2016:A Day That Will Never Come…
July 22, 2016: Ida’s Children…
July 8, 2016: The Long Road: Life and Leaving…
June 24, 2016: Sons and Fathers…
June 10,2016: Vagabond Traveler: Walking Lame…
May 27, 2016: The Pigeon Catchers…(Sketch #18)
May 13, 2016: Seersucker Man…
April 29, 2016: The Penitent…
April 15, 2016: Vagabond Traveler: Tracking Thieves…
April 1, 2016: Scenes from the Open Road…
March 18, 2016: Of Rage and Love…
March 4, 2016: Vagabond Traveler: Wilderness and Sky…
February 12, 2016: The “Ministry”
January 29, 2016: Jonas and the Ninja…
January 15, 2016: Border Crossings…
January 1, 2016: The Aftermath; Brave New World…
December 11, 2015: Through the Valley of the Shadow…
November 13, 2015: A Time to Live…
October 30, 2015: Tales from Old October…
October 9, 2015: The Inquisitor…
September 25, 2015: Death, Life, and Shark Hunters…
September 11, 2015: The Hitch-Hiker’s Song…
August 28, 2015: Crowds, Hops, and Amish Bands…
August 14, 2015: Distant Roads: The Wanderer…
July 24, 2015: Distant Roads: Plain People Conference
June 26, 2015: Traveling Mercies…
June 5, 2015: Stairway to Heaven…
May 15, 2015: Sons and Roses…
May 1, 2015: Cutlutral Upheaval; The Amish Countdown
April 17, 2015: Re-Connecting…
April 3, 2015: March of Darkness…
February 20, 2015: Pinecraft and Me; My Father’s Return…
February 6, 2015: Flawed Legend of a Proud Clan…
January 16, 2015: Love in a Winter of Discontent…
December 26, 2014: A Year of Hard Roads…
December 5, 2014: The Great Moonshine Plot…
November 21, 2014: The Deacon (Sketch #17)
November 7, 2014: At Dusk in Winter…
October 24, 2014: The Grave-Worker’s Tale…
October 10. 2014: “Bible Studies” and Me…
September 26, 2014: Gifts From The Sea…
September 12, 2014 The Visitor…
August 29, 2014: Notes From The Open Road…
August 15, 2014: The Roads of Old Bloomfield…
August 1, 2014: A Rose Like No Other…
July 4, 2014: Stranger on a Hard Road…
June 20, 2014: “Wannabe” Amish…
June 6, 2014: The Sons of Albert Stoll…
May 23, 2014: Coumadin and Me; Breaking the Chains…
May 9, 2014: Death Be Not Proud…
April 25, 2014: Strange Spring…
April 11, 2014: Uncle Ezra (Sketch #17)…
March 28, 2014: Wild Heart…
March 7, 2014: The Clans of Old Bloomfield…
February 21, 2014: Driving Dangerous…
February 7, 2014: Seventy-Two Years…
January 24, 2014: Deep Freeze…
January 10, 2014: The Gatekeeper’s Son…
December 27, 2013: The “Witness”
December 13, 2013:The Road to Perdition…
November 29, 2013: Tales from the Bar…
November 15, 2013: Judgment Day…
November 1, 2013: The Book of Tobit…
October 18,2013: When Old Men Speak…
October 4, 2013: Finding Bukowski…
September 20, 2013: The Art of Surf Fishing…
August 30, 2013: Light in August…
August 16, 2013: Look Homeward, Angel…
August 2, 2013: Spiritual Bullies…
July 19, 2013: The Lion in Winter…
July 5, 2013: Six Days in Switzerland (The Longest Blog)
June 21, 2013: Distant Roads: Mainz and Beyond…
June 7, 2013: Distant Roads: The Cages of Muenster…
May 24, 2013: Distant Roads: Leuphana University…
May 3, 2013: A New Road Rising…
April 19, 2013: Charlie…
April 5, 2013: Country Child in the City…
March 22, 2013: Mutterings of a Grumpy Landlord…
March 8, 2013: The Road to Ancient Lands…
February 22, 2013: The Good Earth…
February 8, 2013: Tobacco Road…
January 25, 2013: Stan Musial and Me…
January 11, 2013: Amish Mafia; A Depiction of Lost Youth
December 28, 2012: A Year of Strange Roads…
December 14, 2012: Maid of the Manor…
November 30, 2012: The Other Cheek…
November 16, 2012: The “Writer”
November 2, 2012: Perfect Storms…
October 19, 2012: Tightrope…
October 5,2012: Customer Service…
September 21, 2012: Mumblings From The Beach
September 7, 2012: Bob Jones and Me (Sketch #16)
August 24, 2012: “Home” to Aylmer…
August 10, 2012: The Old and the Young…
July 27, 2012: The Long Good-Bye…
July 13, 2012: The Sansburn Farm (Sketch #15)
June 29, 2012: Holmes County Adventures…
June 15, 2012: Reactions…
June 1, 2012: The Glenn Beck Plot…
May 18, 2012: Moloch’s Priests…
May 4, 2012: Roller Coaster…
April 20, 2012: Circling Back…
April 6, 2012: The Hallowed Halls…
March 23, 2012: Night, in West Virginia…
March 9, 2012: Wild Road…
February 10, 2012: Farewell, the Shining City…
January 27, 2012: Winter…
January 13, 2012: Chuck Leonard, R.I.P.
December 30, 2011: The Year of Harvest…
December 16, 2011: Stepping Through…
December 2, 2011: Return to Bloomfield…
November 18, 2011 : Chronicles of Daviess…
November 4, 2011: Hunting Season…
October 21, 2011: “Amish” Thugs; The Bergholz Gang
October 7, 2011: Feedback, Fans, and Flamers
September 16, 2011: Anne Marie; The Long Journey Home
September 2, 2011: Garage Party…
August 12. 2011: Going “Home”
July 22, 2011: The First Taste…
June 24, 2011: Inside the Shining City…
June 3, 2011: Holiday Ramblings…
May 13, 2011: The One that Got Away
April 22, 2011: Cold Spring…
April 1, 2011: The Tramp…
March 11, 2011: The Long Wait…
February 18, 2011: The Pancake Story…
January 28, 2011: The First Two Chapters…
December 31, 2010: The Windows of Heaven…
December 3, 2010: Return to Me; My Father’s Face…
November 19, 2010: Winding Down…
October 29, 2010: Growing up Amish…MY BOOK COVER
October 1. 2010: Beach Week…
September 3, 2010: Legacies…
August 6, 2010: The Choice
July 9, 2010: Sweltering Days…
June 11, 2010: Anabaptists and Rednecks
May 10, 2010: Pit Stop…
April 9, 2010: One Last Rant
March 26, 2010: Limbo Land
February 26, 2010: Running Down a Dream…
February 12, 2010: The Unloved…
January 29, 2010: Esau’s Birthright…
January 15, 2010: Head Static…
January 1, 2010: Legends of “Old Christmas”
December 18, 2009: Home for Christmas
December 4, 2009: Child-speak…
November 20, 2009: Tales From The (Legal) Trenches
November 6, 2009: A Knife’s Tale…
October 23, 2009: My Forty-Five Seconds of Fame
October 16, 2009: CNN and Me
October 9, 2009: Autumn…
September 18, 2009: South-Enders
September 4, 2009: A Time to Live…
August 28, 2009: Baseball in Amish Country (Guest Blog by John Schmid)
August 21, 2009: Boogeyman…
August 14, 2009: Dog Days
August 7, 2009: The River of Jordan
July 31, 2009: Letting Go…
July 24, 2009: Random Musings
July 17. 2009: Sale Barn Nights (Sketch #14)
July 10, 2009: Just Chillin’…
July 3, 2009: Rants and Other Observations
June 26, 2009: Schmid’s World
June 19,2009: Calling Amos…
June 12, 2009: Two Days at Long Pond
June 5, 2009: Summer Travels
May 29, 2009: Gone…
May 22, 2009: Blood Brothers…
May 15, 2009: Cleaning House
May 8, 2009: Heathen…
May 1, 2009: Bicycle Battlefield
April 24, 2009: Ramblings of Springtime
April 17, 2009: Songs of Youth
April 10, 2009: Payback…
April 3, 2009: Angels in the Skies
March 27, 2009: The Thin Blue Line
March 20, 2009: The Child in Spring (Sketch #13)
March 13, 2009: Space Travelers
March 6, 2009: “Green” Rider…
February 27, 2009: Grumbling…
February 20, 2009: Running Around
February 13, 2009: A Gathering of the Clans…
February 6, 2009: Unwinding
January 30, 2009: The Shepherd at Dusk: His Vision & Legacy
January 23, 2009: More Tenant Tales (Again)
January 16, 2009: Ice Harvest (Sketch #12)
January 9, 2009: The (False) Prophet’s Song….
January 2, 2009: My (New) Kentucky Home
December 26, 2008: The Old and the New
December 19, 2008: ‘Tis the Season – for Food and Hilarity
December 12, 2008: Hockey Nights…
December 5, 2008: Cultural Schlock and Real Life
November 28, 2008: Early Winter Blahs
November 21, 2008: Levi and Noah (Sketch #11)
November 14, 2008: Ramblings of the Fall
November 7, 2008: Dawn of “Hope” and “Change”
October 31, 2008: Halloweeners…
October 24, 2008: Corn Harvest
October 17, 2008: Days of Fear and Loathing…
October 10, 2008: Brooding Days….
October 3, 2008: Preachers’ Meetings
September 26, 2008: The Watchmen
September 19, 2008: The Rainmaker (Sketch #10)
September 12, 2008: Of Dogs and Men
September 5, 2008: Good-Bye, Rush Limbaugh
August 29, 2008: Why I Write….
August 22, 2008: The Shepherd at Noon: Empire & Exodus
August 15, 2008: Newspaper Wars
August 8, 2008: The Beginning of Forever
August 1, 2008: Summer Winds…
July 25, 2008: The Road Not Taken
July 18. 2008: Rest…
July 11, 2008: Road Trip…
July 4, 2008: Freedom to Be….
June 27, 2008: Leviathan…
June 20, 2008: The Peddler’s Son (Sketch #9)
June 13, 2008: Redundance Revisited…
June 6, 2008: The Shepherd at Dawn: The Early Years
May 30, 2008: Tenant Woes
May 23, 2008: The Beginning of Time
May 16, 2008: Home Again…
May 9, 2008: The Wedding
May 2, 2008: Disjointed Musings
April 25, 2008: Old Songs….(Sketch #8)
April 18, 2008: Amerika, America…
April 11, 2008: A Year in Blog-land
April 4, 2008: Song of Spring
March 28, 2008: The Child in School (Sketch #7)
March 21, 2008: Hubris…
March 14, 2008: The End of Days
March 7, 2008: A Tree Falls in New Holland
February 29, 2008: Greyhound Tales…
February 22, 2008: A Road Warrior’s Pet Peeves
February 15, 2008: Preachers…(Sketch #6)
February 8, 2008: Prisoner of “Freedom”
February 1, 2008: “Team” of Destruction
January 25, 2008: Counting Sheep
January 18, 2008: Fragments…(#1)
January 11, 2008: Whack Jobs
January 4, 2008: Fame and Hospitality….(Sketch #5)
December 28, 2007: Of Time and Tomorrow
December 21, 2007: “Ghosts” of Christmas Past
December 14, 2007: The Last Journey Home
December 7, 2007: Of Adversity and the Mundane
November 30, 2007: Outlaws, Contraband and Amish Culture
November 23, 2007: A Different Shade of Blue
November 16, 2007: The Mailman (Sketch #4)
November 9, 2007: The Rending
November 2, 2007: Wedding Season
October 26, 2007: Strange Days…..
October 19, 2007: A Waiter’s Tales
October 12, 2007: The King (of Radio)
October 5, 2007: World Turning
September 28, 2007: Weston Priory: Be still, my Soul
September 21, 2007: Political Musings from an ex-Junkie
September 14, 2007: Ode to Nicholas: A Song for the Unsung
September 7, 2007: Random Ramblings
August 31, 2007: The Wicked Pony & other Horse-scapades (Sketch #3)
August 24, 2007: Reflections on the Past and Future
August 17, 2007: Holistic Expo; A Tour of the Strange
August 10, 2007: Memories of a Tragedy (Sketch #2)
August 3, 2007: Where I work and why I stayed
July 27, 2007: Checkout Woes and other Drivel
July 20, 2007: The Child in Summer (Sketch #1)
July 13, 2007: 84 Charing Cross Road: My Version
July 6, 2007: Celebration and Civility
June 29, 2007: Advice, Rage, and Upbeat Things
June 22, 2007: My Father’s Return to Sidling Hill
June 15, 2007: Life….and The End of Life
June 8, 2007: The Wasteland
June 1, 2007: Mervin’s Odyssey, Performance Products, and Gas Mileage
May 25, 2007: Memorial Day and Good Music
May 18, 2007: Christian Snipers
May 11, 2007: Company, Cookouts, and Used-Truck Salesmen
May 4, 2007: Churches, Pickup Trucks, and Football
April 27, 2007: Lite stuff; of hiking, guns and such…
April 20, 2007: Silence receive us, and the field of peace…
April 14, 2007: …and so we move on…and blood runs in the streets…
March 27, 2007: Welcome to My World