Collecting My Thoughts

 We had plans to go to a friends' home for dinner last night (prime rib and the trimmings) but Saturday I felt a cold coming on and by W...

So, on Sunday morning I realized I had a scratchy throat, my usual sign of a cold coming on, and I stayed home from church and took a nap. (...

The masks must be working! I attended morning mass at St. Andrew this morning. About 60 people--all but a few around my age. No coughing, th...

About 1:30 we were talking in my office—he needed to leave to set up for a quilt show at the church, and I planned to come over about 2:30 a...

“There's no cure for the common cold. But if you're sick, chicken soup may help you feel better. Researchers say that chicken soup a...

Seventeen tips from Reader’s Digest. http://www.rd.com/slideshows/sore-throat-remedies-home-gargles/? My mother swore by the salt and wa...

No kisses for Christmas or New Year's yet. They'll have to wait. We cancelled three events this week due to my husband's cold....

Code in my node Down for the count. Really miserable with a winter cold, but I made it through Christmas. I've switched a social engage...

How colds affect the economy This is our Friday Night Date restaurant; but we are not in a rut. Sometimes we go to the one in Worthington o...