Collecting My Thoughts

 We are moving to a retirement community, and frankly my dear, I'm pooped.  And so is my husband. On Friday we had a quick trip by ambul...

  We are downsizing for a move. I expected a lot of dust, mustiness, foxing, mystery computer and TV cords and clothes that will never fit a...

My mother kept a "commonplace book," in which she pasted poems, cartoons, articles from magazines, and things she'd hand copie...

Generally, I would never deface a book, but I have 8 of the American Indian books by Platt and Munk published in the 1930s. I loved them a...

We've been moving and shifting furniture for about a week, redistributing books to various resale locations, removing our huge cabinet...

Today we’re having new carpet installed in my home office and the stairs to the upper level and the lower level and the upstairs hall (same ...

About a decade ago Jeanie decided to research her roots, and discovered the George family of Pennsylvania from which I am also descended...

It's in the 90s today, but I decided to bike up to the train station (Lakeside, OH) for the Archives sale. On my way there I looked at t...

Sometimes it's like an itch you can't scratch, but I've been thinking about a new blog--would be my 13th I think. However, I hav...

Friday Family Photo It's a dictionary! Merriam-Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, unabridged (1948) Here's ...

The puzzling media frenzy The hype about Ms. Smith's death has really puzzled me. She had a talent only for getting herself in the ne...

Friday Family Photo Yesterday I decided to banish some old, old warrantees and sales slips (there's not much else to do when the weat...

Monday Memories Backed up by my family Today I'm going to identify what's in this photograph--a lot of family history. Certainly...