Collecting My Thoughts

The film at The Estates (formerly the Forum) on Sunday was Fried Green Tomatoes, a very popular 1992 retelling of Fannie Flagg's best se...

I do recognize the USAID because it helped me build my career and move to the next step, which was from agriculture credit, to OhioNet, to v...

The TV (Spectrum) was on in the background, but all I heard was not only am I supposed to pay their college loans, but I need to pay for the...

Ohio is now considering a parental rights bill similar to Florida's. One of the best reasons for schools NOT to indoctrinate small child...

Another way for poverty pimps to earn a living--put on workshops for churches, non-profits, and academe. OSU is promoting yet another one. P...

Sonja is battling breast cancer; our son Phil is fighting a malignant brain tumor.  These "kids" grew up together, attended the sa...

Last night the program at Hoover was Michael Stanley and friends. ?? No, we'd never heard of him, but he was big in the late 70s and 80s...

“By the time I was born, in '83, România, my country, has been a Communist country for three decades and Ceaușescu has been leader for 1...

In Alan Bloom’s book, "The Closing of the American Mind” (1987)--a book that began as an essay and became a best seller--he discusses h...

Cousin Gayle and me summer of 1984

Today is my mother's birthday--she would have been 101. Sweetest woman in the world. I’ve been cleaning out some things I rarely use—lik...

1980 has not been one of my healthier years. I went to the doctor today and had chest x-rays and blood tests. My chest is clear, viral bro...

I found the article--it was in the September 2, 1981, Upper Arlington News --about 28 years ago. Here's the points I made. I did the re...

I mentioned I found a 1993 letter I'd written to "The Lutheran" about 15 Health Care values and principles. I also found a 198...

Good politics is bad history and bad economics It's a toss up. The demeaning and foot shuffling dance of the United States abroad by Bid...

Friday Family Photo There's a new Superman movie out with Brandon Routh. Superman turned 50 in 1988 and so did my husband. Also in ...

Monday Memories: Did I ever tell you about: When my letters turned into a memoir? When my children left home about 20 years ago, I was suff...