John Battle

I write political posts and family (mostly) pages. You can explore them here, and listen to me read stuff at my YouTube channel: UC2Abkt0DdUnSHGZM76mpGPg

Family Photo: I believe I was a senior in high school. I’m on the far left in the back, wearing my brother-in-law’s jacket as Anna Mae insisted. I had previously worn a bright plaid jacket to my brother Raymond’s wedding, who is on the far right. We visited a photo studio in Reed City next to the post office.

The journey is epic, the road is long, and, in our heart of hearts, we know that we shall not pass this way again.

We are standing in the back row: John, Dave, Leo, Joe, Jim, Raymond. In the next row: Ed, Carmeleta, Larry, Noreen. Front row: Anna Mae, Anna, Rosemary, Clement, Patricia (known to us siblings as Dotta, her nickname given by Anna Mae before she could speak properly).

My Blog Writing

My blogs are listed at the very bottom of this page.

How to write

Master surface mechanics

San Francisco

I lived five years there

Japan

I taught English Conversation at corporations and fell in love with a nice guy—we still vacation together every two years.

Political Analysis

May small-minded fascists rot in hell—oops! Did I say that?

Visual Arts

I was high school photographer for two years. I studied graphic design before it was called that: We said Commercial Art.

Movie Reviews

I see many movies on a particular streaming service: If the plot line works, I watch it even if the rest is mediocre.

My Bio

I live in Paris, Michigan. I visited Paris, France in 2003 with a group of Japanese friends. I loved it. Our family was two parents and thirteen children. Enough said, right? It was a microcosm of society; everything happened. We went to church every Sunday; it was a small country church, a mile from our home. We lived and loved and laughed—read my stuff; you will get the picture.

Here is my YouTube channel: family slideshows, travel and nature photography

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Abkt0DdUnSHGZM76mpGPg

Or: Search on YouTube for John Battle Spring Flowers. This will show you a slideshow. Click to open it; then, YouTube will suggest some or all of my other slidewhows and videos, many of Battle family history.