A trip across the pond to our favorite destination
When my wife and I have the chance to make a trip across the pond, we like to take advantage of the...
Here’s the Thing: Dealing with a significant loss of dignity
I have what my daughter would call a first-world problem. Like many, I have lost a great deal of money/value in retirement...
Yet another head-spinning week
If there is no topic and a first draft of a column typed by Wednesday evening, I usually throw in the towel...
Letter to the Editor: Bluffton’s city water just seems a bit ‘off’
RE: “Board discusses reported water issues downtown”, 3/19/25 News-Banner. While I am thankful for the coverage, the headline truncated the geographic area...
Angelkeep Journals: Some prairie-chicken ponderings
This column topic became a first of over 950 past columns. Never before, if memory served this aging columnist well, had a...
An unexpected birthday brings back cybermemories
It was like...
Angelkeep Journals: Angelkeep shot a yellow hammer
After spending a winter season with the rare opportunity to continually shoot yellow hammers at Angelkeep, it made little difference — when...
Pickles and the unfortunate midnight escape
I think my sister’s neighbors think I’m crazy. Or maybe they realize it runs in the family.
Sarah and...
Angelkeep Journals: The March-ing outs and April ins
Nature provides a good bit of ins and outs in the early days of spring. As the month of March goes out,...
March Madness at home: My bride schools me in sports
My daily average iPhone screen time was down 47% last week compared to the previous week yet there was one app that...