Really enjoyed that. I always love seeing your pens and inks. But it was so interesting to see a part of America that you don’t normally see. Fascinating.
Loved this episode!!! It just seemed so....well North Dakota AND familiar. What a wonderful little church. It is amazing how so many of these out in the middle of nowhere churches continue to flourish often because of the families that established them. When I go back to my Dad's home town, it is clearly evident how strong the churches are to the families there. It seems that everything has a "donated by" plague on it! My Grandpa was a Medic in WWII. He liberated concentration camps during his second tour. He willingly went back for that work. He hardly ever spoke of it, but the few items he told me, crushed my heart. Bob's Dad was a rescue diver in Vietnam....he was similar with his recollections. They both would say they just did what they had to do. So many of these men (and women) came back and just wanted better for those around them, it often manifested into church activities. As my Grandpa said, "I am not a great singer, but in church, I can sing. Sing loud, be joyous." Humans are indeed social. Even the most introverted of us. People respond to touch and interaction! Church gives all of this.
The people who lived through the wars and their horror often are very quiet about it. The people most eager to talk are those who never actually experienced it. I was reading an article recently written by a Vietnam veteran who talked about how the war made the struggles of everyday civilian life seem very small. He had a good point. You're right about the plaques. Mound Church has a lot of them. Yes, we need to interact! Church can offer that.
@@WaskiSquirrel as an aside, I forgot to mention, in regard to the Mnemosyne paper, I find it sometimes has "skippy" areas and I can generally trace it back to my hand oils. I believe I read somewhere that this paper is considered water resistant...but I cannot remember where and cannot verify the truth in that. The long sheets of unlined thin Croquis paper that you used in your other traveling PiU is from the same maker for reference.
Happy to see my favorite Cross Antelope canyon yet again ! This outdoor video featured 3 different terrains of ND - Flat, flatter and flattest ! Just when I was feeling proud about myself for bearing current cold temperature in 20s without wearing a jacket , I realized that we measure temperature in Celsius here in India 😉
Yes, the US is one of 3 countries that haven't converted to Celsius. It was a little below 0 on the Celsius scale. This corner of North Dakota has a lot of topography when compared to the eastern end. But, in general, the Great Plains are not known for their mountains!
My wife and I watched Friday Eve. A great PIU on the road. Great job and a very fitting Veterans Day Tribute. Thank you. As usual, spot on comments on a subject I know a bit about -churches, their social function and religion, including country churches. Well done and I hope and encourage you to help Mounds write a history of their church all the generations of people that church represents, who need to be remembered. Such a history and their grave stone may be the only record for some. Nice to visit Mounds/Presby again with you, or am I confusing this church with another one you toured in a driving video some years ago? Hope the wind abates before your walk to school Monday, though it looks like it might be 30° warmer in Bowman than here in NE Indiana.
Apparently my interest in this church excited a local historian. He is going to meet up with me next weekend at the church to scan the photos at the church. His mother, another historian, is going to meet up with me next summer to put together a history of the church. I had started on the history but stalled. She might be almost 90, but she has lots of ideas for what to put in it.
Captivating topic for this video! Remembering history, and knowing about the fate of those no longer with us is important, to be able to fairly appreciate our own situation I think. I appreciate your honesty about editing the display. Seven is a cool number too, I think.
Wow! What a remote road trip-talk about wide open spaces! I bet the stars at night are amazing, so unlike what you can’t see with civilization’s light pollution ! Sweet church with solid community.
I loved your closing comments. Yes, we are naturally social (even me, who is happy with my own company most of the time). That one of the reasons so many have struggled over the last couple of years. And you are right, the way in which we seek and engage in community has fundamentally changed. Your videos are, indeed, an excellent example of an amicable social interaction we'd all like to continue.
You're right: the COVID restrictions definitely get in the way of a fundamental human need, even if they are needed. I do enjoy the social interaction on this channel, but it doesn't substitute for real life. I wish I could meet the people here for real!
Thankyou for this fascinating video. It looks like there's a need for Anti-freeze ink, especially in Antarctic pens. It's great that the history of the church is still preserved, as so often in communities (and families) that history dies with each generation.
Noodler's has the Polar inks. But you're right: there may be a reason I can't find an Antarctic pen... I agree about preserving the history. This coming week, a man I know is going to help me preserve the photos. He is a local historian and will help me scan the photos in the church. He is also going to help me put together the history of the church. And his mother (also a historian) is going to help me assemble a scrapbook, something which I have no talent for. A local man died 1 year ago at age 102. He knew so much of the history of the area, but would clam up any time people would try to record what he said or write it down. With the funeral I was at last week, there is really no one left who remembers the church in the first person. So there is my second-hand memory. I've found some like-minded people who are going to help me try to record the history.
My first job after college was in a two room school in South Eastern Oregon. Even in 1970 church was held once a month at the school. It was also out in the country-high desert country. All social events happened at the school as it was really the only place they could occur
I can imagine that, especially for that part of Oregon! And, certainly, compromises are made in rural areas like that. As you point out, in some communities, the school is the only organization with large enough facilities. Then it becomes a grey area whether it is separating church and state, or whether it is more neutral for the school to allow that use.
@@WaskiSquirrel there are still only .7 people per square mile. I had 17 students in grades 5 through 8 and some rode 50 miles a day on the bus. My best attenders were there 135 days a year as if the family needed them to move cattle they missed school. No farming-ranching mostly on BLM land. Fields and most of Harney county make N Dakota sound crowded. High schoolers went (and still go) to one of the last public boarding schools in the nation 100 miles away. At the time it cost each student about $50 a year to attend and that included their room and board from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon
I've been thinking about social connections and how things keep changing ... collectively and individually. Working & living at home 1700 miles from my family .... the Pandemic has sure disrupted that... ! Social media can be both wonderful and at the same time incomplete and in some cases awful but I do like You Tube! I loved seeing this church and the rural setting + a cold pens in use!!! Stay warm!!!! I think people in the past and even now heavily use church as networking lol. Does that sound cynical?
We're both far from family. My own family is in Pennsylvania. You're right about social media. I'm in touch with people through social media who I ordinarily wouldn't be. At the same time, it's not like my real life relationships. Glad you enjoyed the church! It was a great group of elderly local ranchers. I loved the group. This latest death is basically the end of an era. They're all gone now. You're right about the networking. That was part of why I liked this church: we had little to offer each other except friendship. And the church was so rural that most people didn't even realize it was there.
Thanks for this, Jason! That church is just amazing. I loved singing in my church choir for about 12 years. And it was a nice place to belong back in the 90s. When even in the early 2000s the church community became political, it ceased to be a welcoming community to all. There, I said it. I love Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrun!! Was interesting watching what the cold weather does to your speech. 😄
I'm glad you enjoyed! I agree about politics: that's a mistake too many churches have made. I didn't want to get into it in this video, but it is another reason churches are dying. I hadn't realized what cold does so my speech until a blizzard a few years ago. I was shoveling out my car when a neighbor walked by. We talked for a while and then he said, "Have you been drinking?" in a shocked voice. Needless to say, I hadn't been, but I've realized that about my voice ever since.
Thanks for watching! I've never been to Florence, but I can understand what you mean. My grandparents lived in a very heavily touristed area, so I have some understanding. One of my goals on this channel is to share the places in the US that people never visit. Glad you enjoyed! This was a great group of people and I miss them. We laid the last one to rest this week.
Really enjoyed that. I always love seeing your pens and inks. But it was so interesting to see a part of America that you don’t normally see. Fascinating.
Glad you enjoyed it! That is one of my goals for this channel: to show the less visited parts of the US.
Thank you for this Pens On The Road video. All very interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it! This was a special spot to me.
Loved this episode!!! It just seemed so....well North Dakota AND familiar. What a wonderful little church. It is amazing how so many of these out in the middle of nowhere churches continue to flourish often because of the families that established them. When I go back to my Dad's home town, it is clearly evident how strong the churches are to the families there. It seems that everything has a "donated by" plague on it! My Grandpa was a Medic in WWII. He liberated concentration camps during his second tour. He willingly went back for that work. He hardly ever spoke of it, but the few items he told me, crushed my heart. Bob's Dad was a rescue diver in Vietnam....he was similar with his recollections. They both would say they just did what they had to do. So many of these men (and women) came back and just wanted better for those around them, it often manifested into church activities. As my Grandpa said, "I am not a great singer, but in church, I can sing. Sing loud, be joyous." Humans are indeed social. Even the most introverted of us. People respond to touch and interaction! Church gives all of this.
The people who lived through the wars and their horror often are very quiet about it. The people most eager to talk are those who never actually experienced it. I was reading an article recently written by a Vietnam veteran who talked about how the war made the struggles of everyday civilian life seem very small. He had a good point.
You're right about the plaques. Mound Church has a lot of them.
Yes, we need to interact! Church can offer that.
@@WaskiSquirrel as an aside, I forgot to mention, in regard to the Mnemosyne paper, I find it sometimes has "skippy" areas and I can generally trace it back to my hand oils. I believe I read somewhere that this paper is considered water resistant...but I cannot remember where and cannot verify the truth in that. The long sheets of unlined thin Croquis paper that you used in your other traveling PiU is from the same maker for reference.
@@lisamarieforster6858 That might explain the times I had trouble. I was blaming the cold!
Happy to see my favorite Cross Antelope canyon yet again !
This outdoor video featured 3 different terrains of ND - Flat, flatter and flattest !
Just when I was feeling proud about myself for bearing current cold temperature in 20s without wearing a jacket , I realized that we measure temperature in Celsius here in India 😉
Yes, the US is one of 3 countries that haven't converted to Celsius. It was a little below 0 on the Celsius scale.
This corner of North Dakota has a lot of topography when compared to the eastern end. But, in general, the Great Plains are not known for their mountains!
My wife and I watched Friday Eve. A great PIU on the road. Great job and a very fitting Veterans Day Tribute. Thank you. As usual, spot on comments on a subject I know a bit about -churches, their social function and religion, including country churches. Well done and I hope and encourage you to help Mounds write a history of their church all the generations of people that church represents, who need to be remembered. Such a history and their grave stone may be the only record for some. Nice to visit Mounds/Presby again with you, or am I confusing this church with another one you toured in a driving video some years ago? Hope the wind abates before your walk to school Monday, though it looks like it might be 30° warmer in Bowman than here in NE Indiana.
Apparently my interest in this church excited a local historian. He is going to meet up with me next weekend at the church to scan the photos at the church. His mother, another historian, is going to meet up with me next summer to put together a history of the church. I had started on the history but stalled. She might be almost 90, but she has lots of ideas for what to put in it.
Captivating topic for this video! Remembering history, and knowing about the fate of those no longer with us is important, to be able to fairly appreciate our own situation I think.
I appreciate your honesty about editing the display. Seven is a cool number too, I think.
Glad you appreciated it! I've questioned whether to do this video for several years.
Watching you handle stationery in a frozen building with wind howling outside made my knuckles hurt in sympathy! Thanks for the videos :)
I was losing feeling in my fingers, so that wasn't a problem!
Thanks for another great video. I love the variety of colors of your inks this week. They're so bright and cheery. Enjoy your weekend.😊
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the inks! I wanted happy inks this week!
Wow! What a remote road trip-talk about wide open spaces! I bet the stars at night are amazing, so unlike what you can’t see with civilization’s light pollution ! Sweet church with solid community.
Stars at night are definitely a perk of this area! Glad you enjoyed the church!
I loved your closing comments. Yes, we are naturally social (even me, who is happy with my own company most of the time). That one of the reasons so many have struggled over the last couple of years. And you are right, the way in which we seek and engage in community has fundamentally changed. Your videos are, indeed, an excellent example of an amicable social interaction we'd all like to continue.
You're right: the COVID restrictions definitely get in the way of a fundamental human need, even if they are needed. I do enjoy the social interaction on this channel, but it doesn't substitute for real life. I wish I could meet the people here for real!
@@WaskiSquirrel Me too!
Me three!
Thankyou for this fascinating video. It looks like there's a need for Anti-freeze ink, especially in Antarctic pens.
It's great that the history of the church is still preserved, as so often in communities (and families) that history dies with each generation.
Noodler's has the Polar inks. But you're right: there may be a reason I can't find an Antarctic pen...
I agree about preserving the history. This coming week, a man I know is going to help me preserve the photos. He is a local historian and will help me scan the photos in the church. He is also going to help me put together the history of the church. And his mother (also a historian) is going to help me assemble a scrapbook, something which I have no talent for.
A local man died 1 year ago at age 102. He knew so much of the history of the area, but would clam up any time people would try to record what he said or write it down. With the funeral I was at last week, there is really no one left who remembers the church in the first person. So there is my second-hand memory. I've found some like-minded people who are going to help me try to record the history.
Thanks for the video. It's a part of history that often gets lost.
Glad you enjoyed it! It's a neat old church.
My first job after college was in a two room school in South Eastern Oregon. Even in 1970 church was held once a month at the school. It was also out in the country-high desert country. All social events happened at the school as it was really the only place they could occur
I can imagine that, especially for that part of Oregon! And, certainly, compromises are made in rural areas like that. As you point out, in some communities, the school is the only organization with large enough facilities. Then it becomes a grey area whether it is separating church and state, or whether it is more neutral for the school to allow that use.
@@WaskiSquirrel there are still only .7 people per square mile. I had 17 students in grades 5 through 8 and some rode 50 miles a day on the bus. My best attenders were there 135 days a year as if the family needed them to move cattle they missed school. No farming-ranching mostly on BLM land. Fields and most of Harney county make N Dakota sound crowded. High schoolers went (and still go) to one of the last public boarding schools in the nation 100 miles away. At the time it cost each student about $50 a year to attend and that included their room and board from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon
Thanks for this especially inspiring video!
You are so welcome! It was a good feeling to make this.
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've been thinking about social connections and how things keep changing ... collectively and individually. Working & living at home 1700 miles from my family .... the Pandemic has sure disrupted that... ! Social media can be both wonderful and at the same time incomplete and in some cases awful but I do like You Tube! I loved seeing this church and the rural setting + a cold pens in use!!! Stay warm!!!!
I think people in the past and even now heavily use church as networking lol. Does that sound cynical?
We're both far from family. My own family is in Pennsylvania. You're right about social media. I'm in touch with people through social media who I ordinarily wouldn't be. At the same time, it's not like my real life relationships.
Glad you enjoyed the church! It was a great group of elderly local ranchers. I loved the group. This latest death is basically the end of an era. They're all gone now.
You're right about the networking. That was part of why I liked this church: we had little to offer each other except friendship. And the church was so rural that most people didn't even realize it was there.
Have to say BOTH of you have added enjoyment to my current life! Love the community ❤️
The wind sounds cold. Stay warm.
It was really cold! I didn't really warm up until I got back to the house!
Man is it empty-looking up there. Just needs a couple feet of snow...
Winter is coming, so the snow will follow.
Thanks for this, Jason! That church is just amazing. I loved singing in my church choir for about 12 years. And it was a nice place to belong back in the 90s. When even in the early 2000s the church community became political, it ceased to be a welcoming community to all. There, I said it. I love Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrun!! Was interesting watching what the cold weather does to your speech. 😄
I'm glad you enjoyed! I agree about politics: that's a mistake too many churches have made. I didn't want to get into it in this video, but it is another reason churches are dying.
I hadn't realized what cold does so my speech until a blizzard a few years ago. I was shoveling out my car when a neighbor walked by. We talked for a while and then he said, "Have you been drinking?" in a shocked voice. Needless to say, I hadn't been, but I've realized that about my voice ever since.
Nice place and video, I live in Florence, Italy, too much people, too much cars, too much tourist. I like very much your country.
Thanks for watching! I've never been to Florence, but I can understand what you mean. My grandparents lived in a very heavily touristed area, so I have some understanding. One of my goals on this channel is to share the places in the US that people never visit. Glad you enjoyed! This was a great group of people and I miss them. We laid the last one to rest this week.