The Wordwright :: Bill & Jean Venrick, Lancaster Ohio

1972 JOURNAL of The Wordwright’s wife

JEAN VENRICK, wife of THE WORDWRIGHT (May 2009, one year and one month after her stroke–LOOKS GREAT, doesn’t she?) MY WIFE’S JOURNAL – A peek on pages around September 1972 ...

THE BIS – BOYS TALK, Session 2

THE BIS BOYS were always kept “on the move” — they marched in step everywhere: to lunch, to work, to class and back to the cottages, same thing, “on the ...

BIS — THE BOYS TALK – Session 1

THOUSANDS OF BOYS lived “on the Hill” to serve out whatever time was charged to their sentence as a result of some crime committed in the city where they lived. ...

HUMANS and ANIMALS

. Photo Credit: Copyright – Leonard Lee Rue III from National Audubon Society Henry Ward Beecher put it this way: “If men wore wings and bore black feathers, few of ...

THE UNAPPRECIATED CHRISTMAS GIFT

What I am about to disclose or reveal about myself is not exactly flattering but its truth I cannot deny. In fact it is almost as bad as the incident ...

THE BIS BEGAN WITH TEN BOYS January 30, 1858

Once the initial thrust of activity began with a dream or idea in the mind of Charles Gustav Reemlin after his trip to France, the wheels of progress began to ...

THE BIS and CHARLES GUSTAV REEMELIN

CHARLES GUSTAV REEMELIN AND HIS DREAM — THE BIS The Ohio State Reform Farm Village as interpreted by an architect’s drawing. These buildings replaced the original short-term log cabins. See ...

MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER, THE TEACHER

My Great-grandfather, John Reverdy Keadle, was born in Stockport, Ohio, in 1854. Unfortunately not a lot of details exist detailing his young adult life but what we do know is ...

WE’VE BEEN FASTING TV

Some time back I read in a fellow writer’s laments that he thought we should all “take a fast” from the television and media dousing that creates stress in our ...

NOW THAT MY BROTHER IS GONE…

SOMETIMES MEMORIES are a mixed metaphor of relationships but maybe that is all there is. While some may talk about the rubber meeting the road or there comes a time ...