Collecting My Thoughts

It's the first day of October and the cover of Magnificat , the monthly magazine I use for morning devotions, shows an angel and a small...

Finally, I saw a sunrise. I'm getting 6-7 miles a day in walking, and mornings are best. All broken into small segments of one mile or l...

"Exercise expert Dr. Kenneth Cooper ranks walking and stationary bicycling as two of the six best exercises. He writes that walking is ...

There's a good reason you don't see me review many films; I rarely go to a movie. However, an 8 hour flight across the ocean with a ...

We're home from Spain after a wonderful 2 week trip for our 55th anniversary. Home. Where the big stories when I turned on the TV were a...

El Escorial is more than an impressive palace for a divine monarch. It's packed with art and history — offering an evocative trip back...

History hasn’t been this interesting since 5th-6th grade in Miss Michael’s class in little Forreston, Illinois. My husband and I are thoroug...

Waterboarding Sotomayor "The Caribbean before the landing of Columbus served almost as a bridge between the north coast of South Americ...