Collecting My Thoughts

Inspired by a true story, this film shown at The Estates (a rom com?) tonight tells of four lifelong friends in their 80s (played by Lily To...

Obama ran on the Iraq war issue--specifically getting out. He said it was a distraction from more important issues. Yet all 8 years of his t...

Cottage cheese is high in sodium but is a good source of calcium.  I can't find a low sodium cottage cheese brand. If I inquire on the i...

 Next Saturday we'll be saying our final good-byes (for now) to Luan Zangmeister who died on April 16, 2026.  We were fellow members of ...

Take your child to work day. They are interviewing kids on Fox & Friends about this event. One little girl said she had no idea what her...

Here at the Estates on Friday evening Bob had a small (and brief--3 hours) one artist show. Most paintings were from our apartment, but thre...

A special postage stamp appeared in July 2025, but I hadn't shopped for stamps for a while and hadn't seen it. Today I bought a shee...

 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.  Ecclesiastes 1:9 (Qohe...

When I got to the dining room at The Estates for breakfast today, the early risers were all a flutter. Chairs pulled out, people searching....

 My friend Joan has recently lost her husband and has reposted this poem--always a favorite of mine since college. Time Does Not Bring Relie...

I remember the Korean War (1950-53) better than WWII, which ended when I was 5 and my dad and all my uncles (except one) came home. In 1950...

Tonight's movie at the Estates is Brigadoon, and according to Rotten Tomatoes: "Tommy Albright (Gene Kelly) and Jeff Douglas (Van J...

They're at it again--the gender mafia are attacking Christians who care for the sick and aged without discrimination. Will the governmen...

Ross Rant (investment letter) reports: "Many people decry the war as disrupting the market or the economy and isn’t this terrible. The ...

There's a huge pull-down world map in our multi-purpose room. While waiting for a class one day I asked (no one in particular) I wonder ...

I expect Democrats to be hypocrite socialists and to be all prissy and shocked face at Trump's language, even though they feel entitled ...

Helen is a member of our church, UALC, Sunday School class and Thursday Bible Study is turning 100.  She still lives in her own home and unt...

This is good news. Since moving to the Estates I've never eaten so much fish. . . "Eating fish, already known to be good for your h...

Columbus Dispatch reports: A cold front bringing severe weather is expected to travel from northern Ohio south/southeast into central and ea...

Learned two facts about words this morning. A male midwife is the correct term for a male medical professional who assists with birthing, A...