Collecting My Thoughts

I'm not very crafty, but today we made greeting cards with buttons and scraps of yarn and cloth. Mine is the yellow with heels and the g...

Before Trump makes deals with Saudi Arabia, he needs some deals to free foreign domestics in that country who are enslaved by their kafala s...

When I hear members of Congress grilling members of Trump's war advisory group it makes me wonder if they remember that Obama continued ...

"When young people struggle to buy a home and start a family, we shouldn’t be surprised to see a loosening attachment to heteronormativ...

Trump made it happen; the nay sayers have to eat their words. And even I watched yesterday--although I didn't have a favorite and I rea...

 Today on Facebook I saw something about a Lakota prayer. I'd seen that before, so I asked an AI assistant whether it was the British or...

I enjoy writing (but not publishing) poetry. There are at least 5 of us here at The Estates who have expressed an interest in having poetry...

 I was shocked to learn yesterday of the death of the son of my college roommate, JoElla Masterson Weybright, Adam Weybright, of the Seattle...

President Trump didn't attack the Smithsonian; the Smithsonian attacked the United States, so being a patriot, President Trump is sugges...

 We were talking today about an architect friend and when I checked my blog I see I had not recorded his death--back in 2007.  Back in the 6...

 We've recently lost one of our residents at The Estates. Victor Melaragno.  Victor J. Melaragno Obituary Jul 6, 2026 - Newcomer Columbu...