Collecting My Thoughts

Today is Sunday and we're making arrangements to be with Phil later (had brain surgery on Tuesday). Funny flashbacks to the 1970s. Raisi...

We had salmon for lunch. I came in from a walk to the store, and thought Yikes, it still smells fishy in here, so I got out an air freshener...

 Sonja and Phil went through cancer treatment together. She has survived and moved to a lovely 19th century home in central Ohio which she h...

 Several mornings this summer I've walked from our cottage to the Lakeside memorial garden (Chautauqua Park) where our son Phil was inte...

 Our son Phil worked for many years at Jack Maxton Chevrolet just north of the home where we went for dinner last night. He was manager of t...

We spent a lot of time the 3rd week in February in ICU with our son, and there were no Covid19 protections then and visitors wandered in and...

Today I received a nice photo of our son Phil who died in April. My cousin Sharon who lives in Canada sent it in a letter. It was taken in ...

This past week at Lakeside the Preacher of the Week was Father Michael Renninger , pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virgini...

This piece in quotes below is circulating the internet, or being reported in a variety of ways. I didn't write it--not sure if there is ...

https://youtu.be/o4CB_7_cqiY Dear Norma and Bob, Today’s service remembering Phil was extraordinary! Although I never met him, I feel as...

https://genderroadcc.com/services9am / Scroll down to Feb. 9 under praise service and you'll see the last Sunday Phil played. By th...

But I won't hold my breath. Nothing has gone well for us in the last 9 months; why should it start now? We actually didn't take ...

Yesterday our son's home went on the market (http://altrealtors.com/) and by evening we had 2 offers. It's a wonderful starter home,...

I have a meter on my blog. Each post gets usually 40-50 hits, since blogging isn't as popular as it once was. (I've been blogging si...

I’ve been anti-shutdown for weeks, but I only saw this video today.  https://youtu.be/lGC5sGdz4kg   So it has had no influence on me.  I’ve ...

Philip Vincent Bruce was born November 25, 1968 in Columbus, Ohio, and died April 21, 2020 in the home of his parents, Robert and Norma Bruc...