Collecting My Thoughts

   Book Club Schedule for 2021-22   All Book Club meetings will be on first Monday at 2 PM at Bethel Presbyterian unless noted otherwise. Se...

Just finished "Lillian Boxfish takes a walk," by Kathleen Rooney (2017). It's a novel inspired by the life and work of Margare...

Today I received an offer to review Wesley Snipes' spiritual "thriller" novel. I said no (I've never read a thriller), bu...

A neighbor brought over Fannie Flagg’s “I still Dream about You” for me to read because there is a Scotland connection in the novel and we ...

I have a "beach reading" novel I purchased used for $2. Debbie Macomber, "Summer on Blossom Street." The author brings ...

This was one of the comments on the article . The greatest book of fiction has yet to be written.  That's only because its volumino...

Michelle: “How did your day go dear?” Obama: “Not good, even with a Dem Senate gun legislation went down in flames. So I threw a hissy fi...

Last night I e-mailed a photographer from Wisconsin asking permission to use his photo as a reference for a painting, and he graciously res...

Writing fiction at Lakeside This past week I've been in a beginning fiction class here at Lakeside. I write thousands of words a week--b...

We're in good hands If Lakeside's young people are any indication, our nation is in good hands--or will be in 10-20 years. And our ...

2448 The Whistle Stop Pot Luck This story is fiction; absolutely fabricated. It's wishful thinking; a fantasy. But it might just work in...

688 State of Fear--it's fiction, or is it? "Michael Crichton is well known for his techno-thrillers The Andromeda Strain and Jur...