Collecting My Thoughts

 I loved reading this story about Lily and Lily's Garden.  She's now 23, and I blogged about her childhood cancer and her relapse ye...

We have sold our cottage in Lakeside, but are leasing it for the final summer.  The air conditioning died 2 weeks ago, and is being installe...

I saw this on Facebook.  I’ve “known” Carol since 2003 as a blogger. “Our week of babysitting the two youngest grandgirls ends tonight. On...

At what point will the sane folks (yes, there are some!) who have identified as "Democrat" for years realize that their party is g...

“I'm glad I didn't spend one minute watching funerals the past few days. Didn't tune in to a lick of them. And from what I...

Went to a Holiday Party last night in my neighborhood and talked politics with some interesting folks. Was told by several that Bernie is t...

“Let's just think about this for a minute - since 1995, the Fox News channel has been the only broadcast outlet, cable of otherwise, tha...

I work as a laborer in a sandwich packaging plant. I've been there 17 years. The sandwiches go to convenience stores, and vending machin...

Sarah has PsA (Psoriatic Arthritis) and a year or so ago I visited her in a nursing home after a terrible flare up. Today on Facebook Sarah ...

Dr. Karl Pillemer, a gerontologist and Professor of Human Development at Cornell University, has provided an intriguing look at love and mar...

1. The President has informed all Americans that the Taliban is not a terrorist organization. Wow. Just like that. We feel better now. 2. ...

One of the proudest moments of my life was walking into the voting booth, twice, and not voting for Barack Obama. You see, unlike so many ot...

this year.  We just aren’t ready.  It seems we just got back from Lakeside.  Tuesday morning we awoke to white puffs on trees and bushes sti...

I know some of my friends are uncomfortable with my "piling on" criticism of our president. But we have to speak out. We cannot st...

January 2014 will usher in multiple changes to health insurance plans for Ohio residents from the Patient Protection and Affordable Act Care...

“For a number of years, I allowed myself to naively believe that individual citizens couldn't make any difference in our country's d...

If you're wondering why your doctor is discouraged and depressed (and many are, though they don't show it) these days, this might he...

President Obama views America as a nation of imbeciles. Well to be fair, Obama did get re-elected. But even with a second term now guarantee...

The next-to-last time I saw Zig Ziglar, I was one of 17,000 in attendance at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, where he was speaking ...

Jennifer, my guest blogger, watched the debates and is frustrated that Obama and liberal talking heads pretend to not hear a tax plan . I ...