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  • Gardening

Do You Know the Name of This Beauty Queen of a Spider?

  • UpdatedOct 7, 2024
Argiope trifasciata, aka a banded garden spider, in my herb garden on Sunday afternoon, 06 October 2024.

This beauty queen of a spider was hanging around in my herb garden this weekend.

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  • Books

The Book I was Reading — Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

  • UpdatedOct 2, 2024
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Holding Hillbilly Elegy | Perkins Park, Warren, Ohio | SVdP Walk/Run Event | Sat. 21 Sep 2024

A teaser for the book, "Hillbilly Elegy" by J.D. Vance, and a tale of three cities that includes a historical population comparison of Warren, OH; Middletown, OH; and Jackson, KY.

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  • Outdoors

Participated in St. Vincent de Paul’s Charity Run/Walk at Perkins Park in Warren, Ohio

  • UpdatedJan 6, 2025
Friends of the Poor Walk/Run Banner: Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

I enjoyed the Charity Walk/Run and festivities organized by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul ("SVdP") of Northeast Ohio. The event raised money and awareness for those living in poverty in our local community.

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  • Outdoors

What State has the Highest Percentage of Homesteaders Relative to Total Households?

  • UpdatedAug 19, 2024
Creative Commons Image of the Homestead near Strasburg, North Dakota of Ludwig and Christina Welk, parents of Lawrence Welk of that TV show from 1955-1971

Included is a chart of the states with the highest percentage of homesteads relative to total number of households.

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CounterIt.ch is a minimalist personal publication exploring Markets, Machines, Midwest, and Musings—the recurring themes that shape everyday life and many of the essays found here.

Written by Joe, an Ohio-based Linux user and former Wall Street professional, CounterIt.ch offers observations on technology, business, philosophy, books, motorcycles, gardening, politics, the outdoors, and life in Northeast Ohio. Some entries are practical, others reflective, but all share a common goal: slowing down long enough to think beyond headlines, algorithms, and the constant stream of online noise.

The site was created as a place for longer-form writing and independent thought—an alternative to the limitations of mainstream social media and the fleeting conversations that often define it. Some ideas simply deserve more than a few hundred characters.

Although the writing is rooted in the American Midwest, the ".ch" domain is a nod to Switzerland and its traditions of precision, independence, and simplicity—qualities that also inspire the site's minimalist design and philosophy.

Whether you arrived here looking for insights on markets, technology, Linux, motorcycles, books, or simply thoughtful observations about everyday life, I hope you find something worth reading—and perhaps something worth thinking about long after you've left the page.

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