Rick Thompson
@thompsre68.bsky.social
Johns Hopkins Department of Biostatistics. Interests include history, genealogy, travel, photography, politics, philosophy and theology. Urban Anabaptist looking for the 'Third Way.' https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/704/richard-e-thompson
Ludlow Falls, Ohio, Christmas lights. Mid 1970s.
December 15, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Ludlow Falls, Ohio, Christmas lights. Mid 1970s.
Gorge Overlook, Mohican State Park, Ohio.
November 25, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Gorge Overlook, Mohican State Park, Ohio.
Dutch religious leader Dirk Willems from "Behalt". Willems was imprisoned for his Anabaptist beliefs in the Netherlands. Chased across a frozen moat after escaping, his pursuer fell through the ice. Willems returned to save the guard's life, only to be recaptured and burned alive in May 1569.
November 22, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Dutch religious leader Dirk Willems from "Behalt". Willems was imprisoned for his Anabaptist beliefs in the Netherlands. Chased across a frozen moat after escaping, his pursuer fell through the ice. Willems returned to save the guard's life, only to be recaptured and burned alive in May 1569.
Flying into Chicago.
November 19, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Flying into Chicago.
First Anabaptists receiving baptism by Conrad Grebel and George Blaurock in Zurich Switzerland, Jan 21, 1525 (left), drowning of Anabaptist leader Felix Manz in the Limmat River Jan 5, 1527 (right). From the "Behalt" cyclorama in Berlin, Ohio, and painted by Heinz Gaugel.
November 18, 2024 at 2:52 AM
First Anabaptists receiving baptism by Conrad Grebel and George Blaurock in Zurich Switzerland, Jan 21, 1525 (left), drowning of Anabaptist leader Felix Manz in the Limmat River Jan 5, 1527 (right). From the "Behalt" cyclorama in Berlin, Ohio, and painted by Heinz Gaugel.