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...

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...

Angelkeep Journals: Angelkeep ash, Deam ash, dead ash

Once upon a time Angelkeep had a pair of twin ash trees. Before Angelkeep even had been assigned a name, an excavated...

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...

To my alma mater: You’ve ‘lost that Holey feeling’

It dawned on me late Saturday afternoon that I may never again have a reason to intentionally...

Is it worth it to drive a while to save 10 cents a gallon?

How much is your time worth? There’s a reason I’m asking. I have long...

I’m bad at golf. Will 10,000 hours fix that? I don’t know.

I had a golf club in my hands this past week, and I was as bad as...

These are not the signs you’ve been looking for

If you’ve been following the news the past couple weeks, you may have heard that the queen...

A 13-hour road trip to make a day trip to Bluffton

My wife and I enjoy travel about as much as Rick Steves, and many of our trips...

As Christmas draws nearer, the birth of the Christ child properly takes center stage

Today is Dec. 19 — six days before Christmas. Somebody wrote something that popped up in my email, saying one in every...