Collecting My Thoughts

Did you get any books for Christmas? I got one--an ESV archeology Bible. My NIV was lost in the move, so rather than fret every day I just ...

We finally have measurable snow. About 4.5" on our deck railing (a very scientific figure). Some of central Ohio got up to 6". I...

It was snowing in Columbus, OH, on January 19.  I'm recovering from back strain and much improved, so was tackling the laundry. My adult...

I just finished The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa and we're discussing it at Book Club this afternoon. Here's my take, w...

I recently "graduated" from my balance physical therapy, and then saw this book, so I've put it on hold from the library. ...

‘Economics in One Lesson,’ by Henry Hazlitt (1946) ‘The Black Book of Communism,’ by Stéphane Courtois, et al. (1999) ‘Hollywood Party: ...

Browsing the new rules and guidelines for OSU Libraries for the autumn semester 2020 I see there’s not a lot of agreement on how long the vi...

My office was cleaned out to the bare walls and moved to the laundry room to make way for our son’s hospital bed and supplies. At first the ...

Our book club, which doesn’t have a name, was organized by a group of young mothers mostly who lived in Clintonville and attended Bethel Roa...

Todd Bol died recently at 62.  He was the founder of the Little Free Library. They grew out of his pain and grief over the loss of his mothe...

Dr. Matthew Bunson has written over 50 books, which includes this list found in Wikipedia.  I plan to look for others.  I heard him on the r...

  At least I think it was 1949. . . that’s the year the book was published. This book was made into a movie in 1952 starring Cary Grant an...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5RCmu-HuTg Jordan Peterson’s best seller 3:30 - Rule 1 "Stand up straight with your shoulders back...

I rarely buy a book. I either buy them used, or receive them as gifts, or borrow them from friends, or from the free box at church. I even u...

I'm reading "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles for September book club. It's a great read, and I admit to being thrill...

Bob is starting his 9th mystery of porch reading of the summer. So when he announced at 8:30 a.m. that Andrea had been murdered (in chapter...

There are many free courses on the internet, and I’ve taken 2 from Coursera, one of which I completed (Medical Statistics) and one I didn’t ...

"[Forbearance] implies patience, mutual respect, the extension of time, a certain latitude, and perhaps some affection that motivat...