In search of the Big 5 on east African safari
As we rounded the corner on the dirt road in our green Toyota Land Cruiser safari car, almost out of nowhere I...
Angelkeep Journals: Spawning bluegills hatched digressions and name-droppings
Shallow waters of a swale inlet for Angelpond’s fresh water refill became a perfect spot for a bluegill to decide to spawn....
Wondering what Andy would think of this
This may qualify as an “Andy Rooney rant.” Regular visitors to this Saturday morning space may recall that I am increasingly worried...
Angelkeep Journals: Those carnations, how they do go wild
Mom used to ask, “Can you quit being so wild?”
That memory probably came from days when the rain...
A threat to law and order from an unlikely culprit
It is highly likely that you have not been following the story about a small weekly newspaper in Marion, Kansas — as...
Angelkeep Journals: The continuing tale of ‘daring jumping spider’
After writing 873 previous Anglkeep Journals columns, there stood a likely prospect that a jumping spider had been the focus of a...
Surprised to learn what’s on tap in Rwanda
We had just started our walking tour of one of the many neighborhoods located within Rwanda’s capital...
An intriguing threesome: Reality, reality, fantasy
Maybe there is something to this “things happen in threes” thing. My skepticism of the topic has been expressed before in this...
Angelkeep Journals: Nothing yucky about yucca moth. Yucca was good.
Many say “yucky” when shown a snake. “Yucky” for a buzzard. “Yucky” for a slug, sometimes even for a night crawler, especially...
A week in Rwanda shows what it means to have Ubumuntu
Learning about language has always fascinated me.
I remember taking a semester class during my freshman year with Bluffton...