Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

If you were looking for the Poetry Sunday you expected, don't despair. Because today is Mothers' Day, the usual Poetry Sunday will ...

This is the eleventh year that I have slightly revised and updated my traditional Mothers' Day post. It may be recycled and tweaked, bu...

Well, hello! Nice to see you, as always. I'm taking a break from posting today, as Agnes and I are enjoying the sand, sea, broiling s...

This is the tenth year that I have slightly revised and updated my traditional Mothers' Day post. It may be recycled and tweaked, but i...

If you came here looking for Musical Sunday, come back again in two weeks ... today is the day for Bilbo's Traditional Christmas Post. ...

Note: this post is slightly updated from my Christmas Eve post from last year. Reruns aren't only found on television ... Today is ...

Agnes and I spent the last few days out in Dayton, Ohio, visiting our more far-flung grandchildren. And their parents, too. Highlights incl...

If you were looking for Poetry Sunday, don’t despair – because it's Father's Day and I have my traditional (if updated) tribute to ...

As you know, Agnes and I returned from our latest trip to Germany last Wednesday evening. It wasn't really a vacation trip per se, as t...

Well, yes, that was the alternate title of the J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novel, The Hobbit , over-filmed over the last three years by Pe...

As you know from yesterday's Poetry Sunday post, my father passed away last Friday night. Although we are grieving, I think that an imp...

As you will recall, Dear Readers, Agnes and I spent two weeks in Germany earlier this month, visiting her father and cousins and our son an...