Lessons from ‘1,000 Books before Kindergarten’
My 4-year-old and I finished a journey this month that we started nearly three years ago; we finished 1,000 books before kindergarten.
A day in a rural Rwandan community with five artisans
Aristotle coined the phrase, “The soul never thinks without an image.”
I think of those seven words often, including...
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...
A nothing special day
Last Friday was a fairly quiet, nothing special day. The last business day before a holiday usually is.
The...
Angelkeep Journals: A chance of 10,000 lifetimes
What are the chances of a native, common, juvenile, red-tailed hawk spending an entire hour posing on the Angelkeep patio two to...
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...