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CounterIt.ch minimalist black-and-white bicubic cropped logo with a red Swiss accent square.
CounterIt.ch

For readers who still enjoy slowing down long enough to think.

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  • Food & Beverages

Beautiful Homestead Eggs and Halloween Pumpkins to Process

  • UpdatedNov 9, 2025
Fresh homestead eggs.

I found a new supplier of fresh homestead eggs. Also, I share a picture of two pumpkins that I plan to process.

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  • Books

Got 8 Books for $2 at Menagerie by AWL, a Local Nonprofit Thrift Store

  • UpdatedOct 21, 2025
Eight books from the Menagerie by AWL thrift shop in Niles, Ohio.

Visited The Menagerie by AWL (Animal Welfare League)'s thrift shop in Trumbull County, Ohio and bought some books.

Read MoreGot 8 Books for $2 at Menagerie by AWL, a Local Nonprofit Thrift Store
  • Gardening

Maggot Infested Walnuts and Red Potatoes

  • UpdatedOct 13, 2025
Inside husk of black walnuts infested with maggots.

Harvested some black walnuts (many, of course, had maggots) and red potatoes in mid-October.

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  • Fitness, Gardening

Garden is Still Producing in the Midst of Halloween Season

  • UpdatedOct 4, 2025
Halloween decorations at Basswood / North River Road intersection in Warren, Ohio

I ate a Hairy Cat's Ear at dinner tonight; it's Halloween Season after all, and my garden is still producing!

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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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