Collecting My Thoughts

My husband has really been enjoying the 3-2-1 cake because he can make it himself when he gets the munchies.  Here’s another quickie cak...

“Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator whose filibuster for abortion rights made her a Democratic superstar and launched her campaign for g...

For Christmas I did the real maple syrup and mustard glaze and it was just heavenly, but thought I’d save these for a future time. Ingredi...

  Ingredients 3 Whole wheat flour tortillas, 1 (15 ounce) can pizza sauce 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese 3/4 cup mini pepperoni ...

Gov. Cuomo was using code words for conservative Christians in telling half the population to get out of New York. These days, "anti-...

One of the advantages of having an artist/husband is the wonderful homemade cards. This is the 12th anniversary of living here—January 20. I...

It gives me pleasure to report on a federal health/poverty/race program that actually is meeting its goals—Caring for 2.  I’d never heard of...

                        I was looking at a red t-shirt that said, "Capitalist."  Most of my professional life I worked for the g...

Neither the Democrats who fear their growing power, nor the Republicans who fear the same thing are going to take any action about the IRS c...

Nine years ago the  Wall Street Journal published a series—the widening gap between the rich and the poor—and this was before the recession ...

She will also start  knocking things to the floor from the night stand right next to my ear. But only mine, since she knows I’m the early ...

I noticed this in a long article in Washington Post about employer health insurance problems under the 2nd wave of Obamacare. "A...

I found a recipe card on the floor yesterday; must have fallen out of something.  I didn’t have a few ingredients—like raw sugar and farin...

Here is an old photo of my college roommate, Dora Hsiung, and me 30 years after we met in 1958 at the University of Illinois. I was in Bosto...

I’ve always cared about and loved God’s physical world--and wondered about the events and choices that moved lives and nations. As a 5 yea...

Chris Bradley is our Channel 10 weatherman in Columbus.  On Facebook he said,  FOR WEATHER GEEKS ONLY: The weather pattern has been cold w...

An ad in the Ladies Home Journal , March 1889, assured women they needed the bustle: “If a woman has too large hips, the Bustle relieve...

“Would you please stop entertaining and sleeping with these guys? If you are sleeping with a married guy, you are being used. If you ar...