Collecting My Thoughts

 My husband and his Romeo (retired old men eating out) friends have been meeting here for years. It's sad to see small businesses chased...

  I was looking for something else, but found this article in my blog about a carpet cleaner I'd written about in 2008. Turns out the m...

 Repacking my genealogy files today, I found a 1957 letter from Leslie, my mother's brother, describing an incident I'd heard about ...

Today at the Forum I decided to try the class on chair exercises. After all, I go to the gym, so how hard could it be? Very. We were holdin...

  I haven't been wild about my "page a day" table calendar this year. I went from birds to horses. Hmm. Love horses, but bir...

 We are moving to a retirement community, and frankly my dear, I'm pooped.  And so is my husband. On Friday we had a quick trip by ambul...

 Downsizing isn't fun.  Everyone (almost) says so and has advice. There's a lot of sadness in going through items packed away and fo...

  We are downsizing for a move. I expected a lot of dust, mustiness, foxing, mystery computer and TV cords and clothes that will never fit a...

Another cooking tip. I'd forgotten this one. My children were adults, but I still wrote an occasional "Bruce Times" to catch t...

I made up this checklist to use when looking at retirement apartments or assisted care facilities.  I looked at some on the internet, but li...

We took a step back in time today. The little restaurant near our former home on Abington Rd. has reopened (closed for over a year with ne...

This week we visited "The Forum," a retirement facility that's about 3 miles from here. I remember when it was built, about 3...

I'm so tired of Republicans, conservatives, media mavens and "influencers" all twisted up in the Epstein files. You're bei...

"Here To Set The Record Straight" So disappointed in all the lies, blaming of religion, pointing of fingers, and political agendas...

I've become a fan of podcasts, but I've got a lot to learn. I only listen, I don't create. Today I found a podcast of a publicat...

I'm not going to get in a froth about the Epstein files. When Trump stood up after being shot, he said fight, fight, fight. I don't ...

There are lots of hoaxes and fakes on the internet these days. I just saw one of those free automobile fake offers on Facebook by just click...

The publication I use with my morning meditations is called "The Magnificat" and is Roman Catholic using a liturgical year theme. ...

 This note was sent to the congregation: "In the midst of June's heat wave, UALC had the opportunity to welcome people from all acr...

Big beautiful bill. Republicans demand the perfect; Democrats demand that anything Trump must be hated.   Donald J. Trump has had the most s...