Collecting My Thoughts

We had a Lakeside event at the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Thursday evening, and it was fun to see our summer friends. ...

  Photo by Beth Sibbring

Sunday at 3 p.m. I walked two blocks to a ceremony to unveil a plaque commemorating Lakeside as an official Historic Site of The United Meth...

This summer rainbow colored signs have appeared in the tiny yards of some Lakeside cottages--I call them "virtue signaling" and th...

Seventy days certainly goes by quickly.  We’re into Labor Day week-end and the place has come to life.  It was so quiet without children. ...

This is the final week of programming at Lakeside, and the director of education uses our own Lakeside "experts" who present fin...

The 2018 Ohio Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment, and Rehabilitation Amendment is a ballot initiative aiming to change Ohio’s constitution...

It's adding up. Patio donuts—cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla are my favs; peanut butter on toast; cheese on crackers; honey on biscuits; fr...

For years I've been looking for a black and white or just black necklace. I rarely wear jewelry. I discovered that coral, teal and off w...

There’s a 20 year old movement of communities and neighbors getting together to tell stories.  The book, The Moth , has become very popular ...

Instead of meeting in Hoover Auditorium at 8:15, the Sunday evening program is at 6 p.m. in the Steele Memorial in Central Park along the la...

I love seeing the daddies and grandpas pushing the baby strollers in the dawn's early light at Lakeside. Someone drew the short straw wh...

I don’t know about you, but finding new friendships at our age is difficult. Everyone is set in their social groups or busy with grandchildr...

Carrot juice organic spinach frozen bananas frozen pineapple fresh strawberries Yesterday we went out for lunch at Bistro 163 which is...

It was the final performance of the symphony last night. Fabulous. It’s been so wonderful with all the guest conductors. But it made me thin...

Dr. Jerry Root of Wheaton College is the main speaker and preacher of the week at Lakeside August 12-16. He’s been studying C.S. Lewis since...

I usually stop to admire dogs and babies when I'm on my walks. Today a man about 18" taller than me was rocking a cranky baby in a ...

Until this summer, I usually walked about two miles in the morning, always choosing a flat street to accommodate my bursitis pain and gettin...

Today is the birthday/anniversary of the organized camp meetings and revivals that turned America back to Christianity, August 6, 1801, call...

Shopped at Walmart this morning. Noticed the hiring banner at the door. $11.50 starting wage. I've also noticed at various Walmarts that...