Born in Salem, Indiana in August 1954, and raised near the pastoral town of Hitchcock in far northwest Washington Township in Washington County of southern Indiana, within clear earshot of the legendary Monon railroad ("The Hoosier Line"). Baptized, as an infant, in the (long-defunct) Mt. Zion Methodist Church, a little south of Hitchcock (at the intersection of Hitchcock Road and Mt. Zion Road). By the causeless mercy of the sublime, all-merciful Sri Nityananda Rama (1474—1540), I came upon the illustrious teachings of the utterly incomparable Sri Krishna Chaitanya (1486—1534), culminating to an astonishing visit to the mystical land of Vraja in Uttar Pradesh, India in 1974. Today, I am now an intensely reclusive hermit... an ahimsa-practicing, nature-loving, bird feeding, retired widower, just barely living only off of Social Security near the sylvan town of Furnessville in northwest Indiana, within clear earshot of the historic South Shore Line railway. My final goal now is to try to outlive and take care of the stray cat and her three offspring that my beloved late wife and I rescued back in 2019. They are the very last of the many, many deeply-loved dogs and cats that we rescued over the years. I have an almost-constant heartache for my dear wife and pets who have passed before me. Many mistakes made and lessons learned. And some regrets. Sweet memories of my wife and pets help sustain me.
The Web Pages of Jim Schwartz
My collection of Golden Guide nature books, which I started in the mid-60s.
This describes my motorcycle day trip to Little Egypt Cemetery and Troll Bridge on November 6, 2004.
Information, history and photos of the Coronado Lodge, on the banks of the Little Calumet River near Porter, Indiana. Rita and I took the photos right before the building was demolished.
Information, history and photos of the celebrated Chief Menominee Memorial near Plymouth, Indiana.
My six motorcycles, from 1981 to 2018.
My one-time success with growing crocus flowers.
My Indiana DNR Annual Entrance Permit collection, from 1991 to 2022.