Collecting My Thoughts

 Our son Phil had a good friend, Sonja, who was battling breast cancer as he fought glioblastoma. They spent a lot of time talking/texting a...

With the change to my new computer and Windows 11, some of my e-mail folders didn't transfer, but I don't know why.  Fortunately, so...

 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...

Blogs are strange creatures (writings, essays, memories).  There are methods to check up on the people "following" my blog, and fr...

 Yesterday I decided to repack some of Phil's things in nicer boxes, and then to put the sympathy, get well, and thinking of you cards, ...

Demands for "health equity" for racial and ethnic groups is a push for more government control. The CDC reported in 2014 that the ...

Apparently my subscription to Magnificat lapsed a month, and I didn’t get the August 2020 issue, so I decided to reuse the August 2019 issue...

I found this at a blog written by a woman who had metastatic breast cancer. Due to HIPAA and Phil's reluctance to ask his family for ass...

Today we are honoring our friend Ann Burkhart Hull, who passed away on Saturday evening after a courageous battle with aggressive kidney can...

I missed the announcement, but heard it later on 98.9 FM. I went back and read his website, and it was quite moving.  He’ll have substitutes...

On October 1, 2019, our son had several seizures and was diagnosed with glioblastoma.  He has endured a lot in the last four months includin...

In those days, Cancer came and waged war against Phil's brain. Phil Bruce therefore said to his medical posse, "Pick out the best...

Sonja is battling breast cancer; our son Phil is fighting a malignant brain tumor.  These "kids" grew up together, attended the sa...

Today, Psalm 92 came up in my meditation time. "It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to make music to your name, O Most High...

We'll be heading to the hospital in a few hours to visit our son  as he continues down (up?) the difficult road after brain surgery on T...

I met the Shaw women through blogging 15 years ago. Four sisters, their cousin and their mother who is now over 90 all bloggers. All were pa...

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/basic_info/hpv_oropharyngeal.htm Last autumn and winter I took some Coursera free classes in the medical fie...

Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a bill which makes abortion free for every resident of the state by mandating insurance companies not c...

I first met Carol, her sisters and mother (a Methodist pastor), all bloggers, years ago but only on-line.  Then everything changed for her, ...

I've been following Lily's story for years.  Her grandmother Carol is a blogger friend--her whole family, the Shaws, blog.  Recentl...