Collecting My Thoughts

344 Home Again The Lake was cool and rainy, but with just enough sun that my husband successfully painted our cottage. The man amazes me--he...

343 The Failures of PBS's Colonial House After Jeff Wyers and his family left the village, there wasn't much point in watching, sinc...

342 Two of Too Two top people are leaving Too Inc. according to today's paper (this is almost a tongue twister). The usual "family...

341 Bill Cosby's Comments I couldn't have made it through my children's teen-age years without the TV Huxtable family, the pedia...

340 The father? OSUToday , May 21, reports that Ohio State University is starting a vacation donation plan whereby employees can donate some...

339 Did these interviews and conversations really happen or is it the author’s way to get her message out? Peggy Noonan in a Wall Street Jou...

338 Good-bye Lennie I watched the final episode of Law and Order Wednesday night, the episode in which Detective Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbac...

337 Co-ed military Even if you wouldn’t usually read Cal Thomas, his May 18 column is worth taking a look at in light of recent break down i...

336 Kerry or Bush--who's misquoted the most? On my blogroll, I link to The Volokh Conspiracy, a group blog of 13 lawyers. Eugene Volokh...

335 Under construction. I've made a sign for the bathroom, "Under construction" and have taped three wallpaper samples to the ...

334 Walking off the carbs I saw two women walkers at Panera's this morning wearing reflective vests over their exercise outfits. I hop...

333 Solving problems or Making art, do we have to choose? The June issue of American Artist has two short pieces reflecting on the American ...

332 Pie Oh My Imagine my shock and awe when I opened the refrigerator fruit drawer and saw a huge stack of rhubarb! Now, indeed, I had purc...

331 Jobs rebounding here The paper was a bit thin, so I glanced at the want ads to see if they were reflecting the "good news" of ...

330 Oh honey--go home and get dressed! When women my age were teen-agers in the 1950s we liked to wear low-slung Levi's and tie our blou...

329 Cicadas We're hearing a lot about these bugs, and soon we'll be hearing from them. The "buzz" is supposed to be about...

328 The Last Oldsmobile A sad day last week. The last Oldsmobile rolled off the line in Lansing MI. Was there anything prettier than a bri...

327 Are they really like family? When I was the veterinary medicine librarian at The Ohio State University, I witnessed a huge shift in the ...

326 Meeting code with Braille My grandmother was blind and raised nine children on the farm with no electricity or running water. I don...

325 Jobs picking up, just as predicted The jobless recovery must be over, because the news recently has been about the turnaround. Maybe go...