Collecting My Thoughts

I noticed this in a farm journal: "What is known is that ferrets, minks, domestic cats, and some dogs have become infected with COVID-1...

1 O God of earth and altar, bow down and hear our cry, our earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die; the walls of gold ent...

Why did Joe Biden go to Wisconsin and meet with Jacob Blake, an anti-Semitic follower of Louis Farrakhan, a man consumed with hate for the J...

It's a good thing St. Gregory the Great didn't have social media. When he lived in a monastic community he didn't have as much t...

A colleague of mine from the 1980s died in August. We shared an office in the main library of Ohio State University.  https://rappfuneral.co...

Some people I know are still in the Russia, Russia, Russia delusion about 2016, however, Google can manipulate the election by influencing...

Every news website I pull up from Washington Post to Ohio State starts and ends with Covid19 stories. You don't have to read too many of...

“It might be time to rewrite the history books. New research shows that the Carrington Event--a monster solar storm that hit Earth 161 year...

The problem with blogging and facebooking every day is that I forget what I wrote about and when.  I was sure I had put a photo of my "...

I couldn't resist. The next time you come for dinner or dessert, we'll be eating on vintage ( http://www.blueridge-spi.com/pottery/...

I wear a mask when I go out, even for my morning walk at 6:30 or 7 a.m. And I'm not wearing it to protect you; it's to protect me. I...

Videos have now been released of 29 year old Jacob Blake (Kenosha riots) struggling with police and resisting arrest before he was shot, and...

You may have heard a social justice sermon on Sunday, or at least a mention of walk outs by wealthy athletes and systemic racism. Be reminde...

Twitter fact checked an excellent summary by a Twitter user MelQ of the latest CDC report on what percent of deaths attributed to Covid19 we...

I'm a one issue voter. The person who wrote this has a broader view, and it's not written exactly as I would have--I'd certainly...

Why is it important to know BLM founders are radical, lesbian feminists who announce on their website they are trained Marxists? Marxism is ...

James Russell Lowell was a 19th century American poet, critic, essayist, editor, and diplomat, not a hymn writer, but I know this poem is fo...

At Lakeside, although we only see our neighbors for about 10 weeks (if we're owners) we become close because walking together to church,...

The four day RNC was not just the most pro-life political convention ever, it was the most pro-life EVENT ever on television. From the forme...

Browsing the new rules and guidelines for OSU Libraries for the autumn semester 2020 I see there’s not a lot of agreement on how long the vi...