Collecting My Thoughts

 Downsizing isn't fun.  Everyone (almost) says so and has advice. There's a lot of sadness in going through items packed away and fo...

When we moved to Columbus in 1967, the area we live in now was farm woods and pasture—ravine, woods, and creek.  There was a 19th century fa...

Today is Epiphany, the day Christians celebrate the Magi searching for, finding and worshiping the baby Jesus. Sermon of Odilo of Cluny, w...

I confessed in my piece about Elizabeth Warren that I shopped on Panic Saturday (Dec. 21). Macy's was so happy to see me again that toda...

Lonnie Lacy http://lonnielacy.com/what-we-hold/ One of the best Christmas poems you’ll read. “Honey,” she said,   “whatever that is...

Our niece and nephew, Joan and Dan, from Indianapolis drove over to spend time with Phil this week-end, and we also were the beneficiaries. ...

I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day ...

"In 1923, President Calvin Coolidge lit the first National Christmas Tree. Later that night, African American community centers held an...

Caleb, our great nephew and his daughters Halli and Kali making a gingerbread house.