Thursday, July 17, 2025

A new mattress; Farewell Jimmy; Small-town cops

A few odds and ends as we — my wife and I — recover from a wonderful journey only to catch some varied...

Angelkeep Journals: Thankfulness for Silver Spotted Skipper

Angelkeep long declared the dragonfly the official mascot of its location.  Angelpond thrives with many beautiful and busy creatures....

The sovereignty of conscience

When should one’s conscience have the final say in a dilemma? Or must it answer to a higher authority? And if such...

Angelkeep Journals – The next-best natural phenomenon: Brood X

For survivors of the eclipse comes summer’s round two of the supernatural. “You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension...

Angekeep Journals: Mourning dove-ing at eye level

Every time a mourning dove landed on the grass below the oil sunflower seed feeders looking for spilled seed, an earlier memory...

‘A Street Fair Story’

It’s true that fall just arrived but I found myself thinking about Christmas two weeks ago all because of a case of...

The winter of nightmares and dreams

Baby it’s cold outside. Where is global warming when we need it? Welcome Dec. 7. It’s become like Election...

How tariffs actually work: Impacting us … and you.

There has been confusion as to who actually pays for tariffs for quite some time. Experts have been trying to tell us...

A joyful noise. But how did that happen so quickly?

An early part of our church’s weekly service includes a “Joys and Blessings.” “What joys has God brought into...

Words worth remembering, even if they’re impolite

Oh, how coarse our language has become, says the guy who studied for the ministry and has...