Collecting My Thoughts

When I was in college, there was no e-mail, and the dorms had only one phone to a floor, so we couldn’t even take messages from the college ...

Hurricanes, blizzards and fires—apparently the globe has never had them  before Europeans landed on the shores of North America, the land of...

I glanced out the window this morning and saw a car moving slowly through the condo.  A mom on newspaper duty. Just like I did, just like my...

My great niece Catie who lives in Florida asked on Facebook what was our favorite Christmas song.  I mentioned "I'll be home for Ch...

Yesterday it was spring-like with mid-50s and rain. He got to use his new supersize umbrella.  Today it's in the low 30s and dropping, s...

It looked like a Christmas card outside today (I still have my wreath at the door) with a dusting of snow that clung to everything.  This is...

That’s the Farmer’s Almanac prediction for the winter of 2014-15.  It was correct last winter. http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/apexcha...

  The actual song from the movie Frozen

However, we rarely get the snow that is predicted.  My husband did the mail run for me this morning (from one UALC campus to the other) an...

When Leno asked if such laws [about homosexuality] would impact the upcoming Winter Olympics, Obama said he felt Russian President Vladimir ...

This seems odd to me. I saw an article in the local paper that an AmeriCorps staffer trained by "Partnerships make a difference" i...

They are really socked in, aren't they? The roof of the Metrodome caved in! And it's snowing here in Columbus, too, and we're ...

We don't get a lot of snow, but it can close schools and events when we do. This photo is from the OSU Image of the Day page , by B. Tr...

Doesn't that sound romantic? This morning at the coffee shop I heard a couple discussing a winter wedding where they sang up near Cleve...

Yesterday was the first day of winter, and although we haven't had the snow that the east coast and midwest have experienced, I think my...

I'm dating these photos as the winter of 1949-1950, or 60 years ago, and I'm guessing this is before Christmas, maybe the first snow...

Boy that darn global warming! My site meter is already showing hits on my frozen car door blog ! It's only Columbus Day, October 12! A ...

Is anyone else ready for Spring? This is our back yard in June. I'm listening to the snow plow scrape the ice off our street. It was ve...

Maybe a theme--Ron looking for Mindy I used Mindy's husband again for my painting (see last Wednesday ). May have to darken the ice on...

Three Word Wednesday on a Sunday afternoon Three word Wednesday offers these words for thought and composition. But it’s Sunday. Should I ...