Collecting My Thoughts

It was a quiet Sunday evening, I'd finished my book club reading for the month, I didn't want more politics, so I clicked on Spark T...

Romena church in Pratovecchio Stia, Tuscany, Italy was the photo (not mine) that came up today as I opened my computer. We've visited ma...

Sometimes you have to wonder about the modern "sustainable" and eco-friendly life style. I can still remember when we were encour...

This afternoon I'm going through all our trip memorabilia--most of it in two large storage boxes in the furnace room. Alaska, Arizona (t...

For Example: There are three married couples; all named The Bruces. White, 8th generation, college educated Americans.   Bruces A are 20+ ...

When we were in Scotland 14 months ago, we met two lovely couples from California, the Halls, Robin and Karen and the Mallettes, Eugene and ...

Forty years ago in 1977 we flew to California with our children for an extended visit with my in-laws, Bob and Rosemary. My husband's f...

Today I crossed over to 4,000 miles on my Exercycle. Two years and 82 days. Started small--it was Indianapolis (180 miles) to see my siste...

"The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Iran. This replaces the Travel Warning for Iran dated March 14, ...

We're home from Spain after a wonderful 2 week trip for our 55th anniversary. Home. Where the big stories when I turned on the TV were a...

El Escorial is more than an impressive palace for a divine monarch. It's packed with art and history — offering an evocative trip back...

Last night I watched Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine , pt. 2 of 6, on WOSU. It seems to be quite faithful to church teachings (at l...

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Back from our Easter trip to Illinois. We met many new people. Like the two policemen, young, handsome and polite, who gave us a $130 ticket...

I saw a website about what states have been visited. I'm so fortunate to be able to just report those I haven't visited. Louisiana...

. . . but doesn't have any numbers to replace them. Story here .

Yesterday there was a review in USAToday of a debut historical novel by a Canadian that's had some good reviews , The Day the Falls Stoo...

This is on Renny BA's blog . Stop by for a visit. He features many interesting sights, sounds and foods of Norway--even commented on the...