Farewell to a helpful colleague and mentor
When I first started at The News-Banner a year ago, reporter Sydney Kent was a beacon of light, coming in with a...
Mom would not have approved
Retired Huntington University professor Jim O’Donnell made his usual winter trip to Bluffton recently for what was billed as his annual economic...
Seeing the May sunrise through the lens of nostalgia
For a moment, I thought I was back in the early 2000s — around the time that I graduated college.
Angelkeep Journals: Bluffton Free Street Fair À la nature
Angelkeep presents a necessary French vocabulary lesson.
“À la nature” refers to anything done in a similar manner as...
Angelkeep Journals: Volunteer vines await growth cycle
With the new year underway, winter has settled in for its three-month period. Within the dirt lies seeds of many varieties. Most...
Angelkeep Journals: Check Macrocentrus. It’s about time
Taxes are paid ahead of yesterday’s deadline. Check.Last week another birthday grew this columnist a year older. Check 78.Macrocentrus was photographed at...
Finally, you can pick up your next book with your news
My “quest” a year and a half in the making has landed at The News-Banner’s front door...
A fuller notebook than normal: Is there any hope for this tax-addled brain?
Tying up some loose ends from a reporter’s “notebook” which has become overstuffed with spreadsheets and emails...
Goodbye for now — but please keep reading
I drove circles around this town
Trying to write circles around this town
I’ve been workin’ on the railroad (story)
Railroads played a key role in history, once being the sole and indispensable means of long-distance transportation....