Collecting My Thoughts

Some sources say four shootings some twelve. That term gets sort of loose these days. Shootings at neighborhood parties or festivals (Baltim...

"America is essentially a dream. It is a dream of a land where men of all races, of all nationalities, and of all creeds, can live toge...

I saw this on her Facebook page. I think she's from Brazil. By Sybele Capezzutti Happy Birthday America! When I came to America 36 year...

Lakeside is a family place. Some cottages are filled with 4 generations this week. We're alone. In fact, I'm alone because Bob is ...

I loved our cute hydrangeas that Loretta planted for us last summer, but they didn't make it through the winter.  She said she had somet...

“As we celebrate "The Fourth of July," let us remember that here, in the United States, it is just the fourth day in a summer mont...

If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile.... The beauty and cogenc...

Wallet Hub’s survey.  “In looking at such factors as the percentage of resident volunteers, voters, veterans, and enlistees, the site’s annu...

On Facebook a friend was complaining about unusual helicopter activity in his Cleveland Tremond neighborhood—he was sure someone was after i...

Ready to set our chairs up for the July 4 parade.  Thank you, neighbors, for the nice backdrop.      

This story by David Lester (don't know him) appeared on Facebook about the clean up in West Virginia after the recent flooding. "...

In the shade of a 150 year old Oak tree on 2nd Street, we enjoyed the Lakeside parade with about 10,000 kids on bicycles and lots of adults ...

I had a 2 mile walk this morning, east on Third and then back west along the lake. Now sitting on a ice pack.  Right leg bursa not too bad, ...

Today the YouTube I found for my exercise routine was our own Pastor Eric Waters in an "reenactment" of his July 4, 2010 sermon of...

That’s sort of an odd compliment, but that’s what a high school friend wrote when I sent her this photo, my husband and son in the front a...

Our favorite home town hasn’t changed much. On my first bike trip around the town after winter in Florida I did take note of the fact that t...

If you click to enlarge you can see 3 or 4 neighborhood cats having breakfast. The Popcorn Palace always looks dressed in her finest flor...

On my morning walk today--about 6 a.m.--the sun was barely visible. A thick haze. I saw about 20 Canada geese newly arrived and honking. And...

Adams and Jefferson died on July 4 Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the...