Collecting My Thoughts

Yesterday was tumultuous for Republicans and gleeful for Democrats who 2 minutes ago hated Musk for turning Twitter into an advocate for fre...

 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...

Yesterday we said good-bye to Nancy Crist, a dear church friend of many years. Many Bible studies in her home, lots of laughs, many visits i...

We have a friend on our Christmas card list that we haven't heard from in a number of years, but we'd continued to send our card eac...

Although I have read articles by Rosaria Butterfield I have never heard her speak.  This is a wonderful testimony, but only intended for C...

“Speaking to the program “Noticieros Televisa,” Francis displays his usual candor, dishing details about the secret conclave that elected h...

We met in 1958 when we lived in McKinley Hall on Wright St. at the University of Illinois. Saturday we had lunch together at Panera’s and it...

The Effort Diet Seth says that effort is more important than luck, and suggests you try his diet . . . here's a bootstrapper's/marke...

3836 Poetry Thursday--Oft in the stilly night This poem by Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was the selection for May 17 in my "A poem a da...

3644 Have you ever had one of those weeks where it seemed to be non-stop eating? I've written here several times since September abou...

3635 Thursday Thirteen Although I don't usually make to-do lists, TT is really useful for that, don't you think? Don't want t...

3527 The importance of friends Although it is important to raise a child in a home with married parents who have good values, by the time...

Monday Memories--Did I ever tell you about Alice? When my children were pre-schoolers, I met Alice through an open housing human relation...

561 The Reunion of the SLOBS Last night we attended the 50th anniversary of a high school social club called the SLOBS (they aren't s...

540 Two Classes One Reunion At the end of the month we're driving to Indiana to attend a reunion of my husband's high school frate...

54 How to find a roommate who doesn’t speak Spanish My first visit to the University of Illinois was to attend an ROTC dance with my high ...