Collecting My Thoughts

We were saddened to learn of the death of our friend Tim Schuler. For many years he lived in the Greensview area of Upper Arlington and owne...

What do you do with turmeric? "Turmeric has a peppery, warm and bitter flavor and a mild fragrance slightly reminiscent of orange and ...

There's lots to blog about--immigration, oil spills, deficits, our future, cap and trade scam, political philosophies, economics, histor...

I suppose I shouldn't worry about Upper Arlington's few miles of ARRA sidewalks which were already planned when Berkeley Lab is gett...

Given a choice, soap and water is a much more effective way to fight germs than a hand sanitizer. However, I keep a small pump bottle of th...

This is going around. I got a good chuckle--hope you do too. C O W S Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad...

There's an "amazing grace" Methodist church in Albany, NY called Emmaus--it has taken in and resettled many refugees including...

Sold for $1.7 million. Let's hope the Pasadena beauty has good owners who will love, restore and cherish it. Here's the brochure ....

Paul said 2000 years ago the cross was an offense, foolish, scandal or mystery to some (1 Cor 1:18-25), and besides . . . "it is safe t...

Wrinkles, chin hairs and now taste buds? "About 10,000 taste buds line an adult's tongue, throat and mouth, perceiving sweet, salt...

"Between 1972 and 1976, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein emerged as two of the most famous journalists in America and became forever ide...

Clicked through a lefty blogger's entries just now--a guillotine decorated his page, Bush and Cheney's heads were on a razor blade, ...

The reviewer of this blog really enjoyed the Georgia O'Keefe movie. Another I read panned it. Joan Allen as Georgia O’Keefe in Biopic o...

I didn't know Ken Blackwell had a new book out about the Obama Administration. I hope this doesn't make him a racist since he's...

"Here are the players and their roles: Joyce Foundation – A group founded in 1948 that took a sharp turn to the left after its founder,...

I was really bogged down in the beginning pages of May's book club selection, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society until A...

John Edwards. Wow. I'm so glad he didn't go any further in his quest for the White House. I'm not thrilled with the current oc...

"Has anyone actually read the law? Contrary to the talk, it is a reasonable, limited, carefully-crafted measure designed to help law en...

It's apparently good for you, ladies. But not more than that. Combine that with the 60 minutes a day exercise, and all the sunscreen yo...

So what ever happened to Eric McFadden, Governor Strickland's $75,000 a year head of "Faith based and Community Initiatives?"...