Collecting My Thoughts

Why have no U.S. refineries been built in 50 years? Certainly, it's not Trump's fault. The short answer is extremists attached to th...

I enjoy reading "Meditations in the Book of Psalms" by Erling C. Olsen. He had a Sunday afternoon radio broadcast in the 1930s, la...

  Roughly 138-147 million people live within 500 miles of Columbus. A 500‑mile radius from Columbus, Ohio covers a vast area — roughly 1.2 m...

  It's Memorial Day week-end and many of us here at the Estates (and here on FB) remember when it was Decoration Day because it first me...

We don't have church newsletter/bulletins (a Covid casualty?) anymore, but for special occasions we do have handouts on Sunday--and yes...

Here at the Estates this week-end (if Thursday counts) we had four movies; National Treasure with Nicholas Cage, Ferris Bueler's Day off...

In our Thursday Bible Study today at UALC, we are in chapter 7 of the Gospel of John.  (NRSV)  7 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He ...

Although I understand the economics of the deal and why Trump is chatting it up with Xi, I haven't forgotten the millions of Chinese ci...

I didn’t know the internet had a patron saint. Did you? He lived in the 7th century, and was known for being the first great Christian encyc...

It appears to me that the Laurie Felt brand was on QVC maybe a decade and then closed down sometime in 2023 saying she wanted more time with...

According to a USA Today article in the Columbus Dispatch the millions of illegal aliens who crossed the border and were not removed were ...

There's an opinion piece in the NYT about "Why so few people are having kids" by Anna Louie Sussman. She writes on gender, eco...

I tossed out my stockholders ballot before I read the proxy statement and notice of annual meeting for Netflix. First, but least important, ...

 I received word today that a classmate of mine from high school, Mary Jane Floto Zipse has passed away.  Mary Jane Zipse Obituary May 1, 20...

Our church, UALC, is having a “combined” service today—the 9 o'clock (traditional) and 11 (modern) are meeting at 10 a.m. and then havin...

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...