Exploring South Africa’s small towns and vineyards
I have visited California a few times over the last two decades but never had a chance to explore Napa County, which...
Lessons learned from a taxing morning
If you think property taxes are confusing, you ought to sit through a session of the Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals....
Green darner as gone as summer’s green
E. B. Williamson put Bluffton on the world map with his world acknowledgement of Odonata expertise. Scientists from all over the world...
We survived a hurricane … again
At this time last week, Larisa and I were on vacation in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with a large group of friends.
Patience is not known to be one of my virtues
Martin Luther King, Jr., reminded us that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” So we...
Angelkeep Journals: Kestrel conundrum culminated
‘Twas a mystery. Angelpond’s south bank’s overgrown plant life extended eight feet over the water. Not in, but over.
South African cuisine leaves you wanting more
Our friends over at Merriam-Webster define a “foodie” as “a person having an avid interest in the latest food fads.”
Did Dickens have me in mind with the opening of his book?
I had to read Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities” when I was a student. Elementary school, junior high school, or...
I’m ngl. This new stuff has no rizz for me.
A friend dropped off a clipping from another newspaper, concerned that I may have missed the latest “word news.” I had. Kinda...
Angelkeep Journals: Hibiscus beauty renewed
The Victorian era had a social civilization ambiance that unfortunately has been lost to the world. For example, presenting a single blossom...