Friday, June 13, 2025

‘Earn this … earn it.’

A year ago, after writing a story about a local family’s loss, my intent had been to make that an annual project:...

Angelkeep Journals: Massive cicada invasion, and other hokey hoax

Now that spring has arrived, regardless of the doctrines of Punxsutawney Phil, who, by the way has only a 39% accuracy over...

Angelkeep Journals: ‘Curiouser and curiouser’

Angelkeep Journals tips the Mad Hatter’s hat to Lewis Carroll, the author something of an inspiration for this column. A tip of...

Who knew you needed to be flexible to own a dog

One of the tests that I never looked forward to taking in physical education class was the...

Angelkeep Journals: The hits and misses of heron videography

Spotting a great blue heron on Angelpond demanded an instant cease to current activity in favor of an observation period. Typically herons...

Life lessons from Thing One and Thing Two

Holly Gaskill I tend to be a creature of habit.  Depending on your perspective of...

These phrases are dead giveaways you’re from the Midwest

One of my favorite magazines to read has long been “Reader’s Digest.” I admire how the writers put their stories together in...

Navigating the culture wars: Who has the playbook?

I’ve been struggling with this — betting you have, too. So I found it heartening to read this sentence in a commentary...

State races bring property taxes to the table for more discussion, debate

Having imbibed — some might say over-imbibed — in property tax issues for the past couple years, it has been interesting to...

Getting older in more ways than one

There’s no question that I am increasingly earning the classification of an “old guy.” Many of my...