Angelkeep Journals: Surprise-Surprise! Iris!
“Surprise” was analogous to Angelkeep. The word and name go hand-in-hand as appropriately as peanut butter and jelly, ham and eggs, or...
Angel Keep Journals: Black walnut blossoms and nuts and nut lovers
It appears some nut lovers are busy looking for the finest trees, the choicest limbs, and probably marking them in some way...
-30- for a few weeks for an African adventure
The label “-30-” is one of journalism’s oldest, as reporters used to write that number at the end of an article to...
Honoring a remarkable loss for a remarkable family
If you are not a first-time visitor to this Saturday spot, you have likely heard this before: What I’ve enjoyed most in...
A day to remember and honor
Memorial Day rolls around again and we will take the opportunity to enjoy a day with family; perhaps to fire up the...
Angelkeep Journals: Stuck on ‘Decoration Day’
Angelkeep remained old school. Decoration Day looms, and it’s a far cry between its intent and a reality of today. The former...
Pet peeves from a concerned cyclist
Now that cold weather is finally behind us the season of increased traffic on the Rivergreenway and Interurban Trails are going to...
Movie re-release brings back Spain pilgrimage memories
“You don’t choose a life, Dad. You live one.”
That line is perhaps the one that stays with you...
Picture this: The way it’s supposed to be
Every once in a while, a photo will just grab you. Won’t let go.
The News-Banner does an “exchange”...
Angelkeep Journals: Quack! Quack! Them’s fighting words.
Having grown up in a family of eight which included five sibling brothers, fighting just came natural. Fights emerged from whose mowing...