Collecting My Thoughts

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...

Three years ago in Finland It seems like ages, but it was July 2006 and we were visiting our friends in Helsinki. I was desperate for someth...

Lakeside 2008 Nostalgia That’s one of the big selling points of a Lakeside vacation--nostalgia. A return to a simpler, easier, less stress...

4025 Reuniting before the nursing home This morning the local PBS had the fund raiser running with the 50s doo-wop groups. How long befo...

3655 Old trucks are popular I saw this old Ford parked between cottages at Lakeside yesterday. Seems to be in the middle of restoration....

1624 The Nose Knows People born after 1970 probably have a sense of smell influenced by air fresheners and scented candles. But my nose ...