About

I write about nature, weather, hobbies and people, often using personal experiences. Much to their dismay, I also write about my family. I use humor and pathos when I can’t think of anything else to include. My weekly columns appear in The Holmes Bargain Hunter, Millersburg, Ohio. I also write a weather column for Farming Magazine. I am a freelance writer, having been published in several magazines, devotionals and newspapers. I was also honored to be published on the onBeing.org blog. I also serve as a marketing consultant for Homestead Furniture, Mt. Hope, Ohio.

I am also honored and humbled to say that I am a prostate cancer survivor, thanks to the excellent care and careful robotic surgery of my good urologist, and an unknown number of prayers offered up for me. You can find a few musings about that on this blog.

I have won the Ohio Newspaper Association’s Osman Hooper original column award. I have also won the Most Versatile Blogger Award, and the Very Inspiring Blogger Award, both bestowed by fellow bloggers. I am a retired educator, a retired volunteer firefighter/EMT, a community activist, a husband, father, grandfather, brother and favorite, though modest, son. My wife and I live in an equally modest home built on an Amish farm in Saltcreek Twp., Holmes Co., Ohio, amid the world’s largest Amish population.

Slider joked around with me at an Indians game. For the record, I'm the one wearing the red sweater.

Besides writing, I enjoy birding, hiking, biking, walking, weather, family, nature, photography, history, people-watching and most sports. Masochist that I am, my favorite sports team is the Cleveland Indians.

The title of this blog, Roadkill Crossing and other tales from Amish country, is taken from one of my favorite columns, published long before I started blogging, and from the fact that I have lived in Amish country for so long. For the record, my son doesn’t think much of the blog title.

Please feel free to leave comments, as long as they are positive, flattering and able to boost my already inflated ego. Contact me at brucestambaugh@gmail.com.