Collecting My Thoughts

We bought our Lakeside cottage in 1988 and met our wonderful neighbors, the Steeles. We also knew their parents, their children, and their g...

 On my morning walk I noticed a DIY moving truck and my neighbors loading personal belongings into their car.  So I stopped to chat.  They a...

 So I asked her.  How do you do this?  She told me, but I was on my walk at Lakeside, and had stopped by her house (she was sitting outside ...

 Our book club met yesterday (via Zoom) to discuss Jacqueline Winspear's memoir.  She is the author of the Maisie Dobbs series, that my ...

 Last night the residents of our condo association had its fall business meeting.  It was our 20th anniversary of our first business meeting...

We ran into the usual detour on Rt. 4—but every year in a different place, so we get to see something new. This time we were routed through...

We live on a beautiful, ravined property with lots of trees between us, the ravine, and the houses on the other side. We've known Milly ...

As I returned from my 2 mile lakefront walk this morning, I had heard and seen a lot of dogs.  Two of the cutest were the labs, one black an...

It's adding up. Patio donuts—cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla are my favs; peanut butter on toast; cheese on crackers; honey on biscuits; fr...

In August the home owners on our Lakeside street will get together for a pitch in dinner and games, and this year it was our turn.  We ...

Yesterday my neighbor asked me if I had any baking powder—she wanted to make a coffee cake.  So I went to the kitchen cupboard and got out t...

Yesterday in Bible study, Pastor Jeff mentioned that if all Christians contributed a tithe, there would be no need for government programs. ...

There's construction going on by city workers on our property to repair a culvert. The porta potty is sitting on the sidewalk because t...

Before the heat became unbearable,   I was on my walk in the apartment complex close by, and he was on his walker. I stopped to chat wit...

It was 68 degrees at 7 a.m. so I've already had two walks in the air that won't get cooler. This may be the day we turn on the AC. ...

After Dad returned from the service after WWII he was assigned a new territory by Standard Oil, and he moved our family to Forreston, Illino...

Friday Family Photo Yesterday the WSJ ran a parenting article about overscheduling children in their summer activities. In my mind's ...