Collecting My Thoughts

17 years ago a fellow library blogger. Walt, referred to me as a "right wing librarian." I responded at my blog (somewhat in shock...

"Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And f...

I think we will see bad behavior on all sides, but only pro-lifers and conservatives will be punished. Biden made his views very clear. It ...

I've been enjoying podcasts by some of my favorite conservative speakers, thinkers, politicians and webcasters. Found this today, ...

"Shootings, while still up dramatically, 47%, compared to two years ago, are down 11% versus the same time last year." So what hap...

What an exciting day I had.. My purse was stolen at Wal-Mart near Port Clinton, so I had some interesting experiences, working with the staf...

We went to Orchestra Hall today to hear Luke Witte, from the OSU basketball fame. Then to the Patio for perch sandwiches. Here's a sum...

Each year I try to watch Charles Craigmile's Summer School of Faith. This year the topic is, Vatican II, 60 Years Later . This is the 1...

 We were really looking forward to seeing "Girl named Tom" this Friday evening. The Ohio group won "The Voice" contest l...

From a blogging friend (now a Facebook friend) "So……my dryer quit working and the repairman came today to fix it. Can’t be fixed. Wanna...

Last night at Lakeside the free movie was "The Sandlot," made in 1993 about the summer of 1962 and a young boy making new friends ...

There was a time when Dr. Batterson was the second most important man in my life.  With our children just one year and 3 days apart, we saw ...

We had salmon for lunch. I came in from a walk to the store, and thought Yikes, it still smells fishy in here, so I got out an air freshener...

 Juneteenth

 "A top FBI official repeatedly violated bureau policy by hobnobbing with journalists while overseeing the controversial investigation ...

I've been reading "The personal librarian" the story of J.P. Morgan's curator of his rare books and manuscript collection,...

The baby formula screw up actually shouldn't be a president's problem, anymore than masks and PPE were Trump's problem or GW Bus...

 The irony, in my opinion, is that the owners/investors of the fossil fuel industry are or will be the same who control the so-called "...

I will certainly need to add these two books to my TBR list. Hugo Hamilton wrote The Pages , where a 1924 novel is a main character, Joseph...

"Did you ever stop to wonder- there was $2.5 Trillion of excess savings due to the pandemic free money? So that money was not needed b...