Collecting My Thoughts

 My husband and his Romeo (retired old men eating out) friends have been meeting here for years. It's sad to see small businesses chased...

We took a step back in time today. The little restaurant near our former home on Abington Rd. has reopened (closed for over a year with ne...

We've certainly had our spring rains. We have a small, sleepy creek north (our view), south and east of our condo grounds . Although I...

I was minding my own business at the Lifetime Fitness Center watching HGTV on the big screen, but I couldn't help overhearing the 3 guys...

I've been watching the real estate values. Right now mortgage rates are really high, although nothing like the 80s. Then I saw a chart t...

 I took a wrong turn today and drove through a neighborhood I probably hadn't seen in 20 years. The small houses I remembered had either...

Admittedly, I haven't done a thorough deep dive in the archives on whether CNN, MSNBC, NYT, and WaPo have covered the rape and sodomizin...

This morning I "attended" via YouTube the May 2 service at St. Agatha, in our former neighborhood, but I've never been inside....

Our household has received a hand delivered brochure with 2 absentee ballot applications. I could say it's rigged against a certain clas...

I'm throwing out files from 40-50 years ago. I was a Democrat then. I wrote to anyone who would listen/respond from Robert Lazarus to t...

Our program at the UALC Thursday Bible study lunch [delicious, btw] was UA CARES, which stands for Community Assistance, Referrals and Educa...

On Saturday a house about a mile from us exploded , damaging 7 others and dropping debris for miles even in adjoining suburbs.  It continues...

“UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio - At least seven homes were destroyed or damaged Saturday when a house exploded in Upper Arlington. The explosion was...

A friend’s daughter is trying to do a photo essay on our local school levy, but can’t find a yard sign to photograph.  I don't support i...

Alan Dershowitz predicted on 9/11 that President Obama’s apparent snub of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will put the critical sw...

It's very dry and crispy in northern Ohio, so it is a treat to see all the green around Columbus. Our complex has well water sprinkler ...

This morning I was reading an Indianapolis Star blog and the writer said she'd been through 5 midwestern states, and Indiana got the pri...

I think I've seen a requirement for residents in our city (Upper Arlington, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus) to clear their side walks after ...

Last night a father in our community killed his two little boys and then himself. His wife found the bodies. There are no words . . . Sto...

On my morning walk today I could hear the sound of traffic roaring both north and south from Rt. 315--several miles away. I could also hear ...