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...
‘The road goes ever, ever on …’ (Tolkien)
One thing leads to another.
This road — a trail in our case — began in late April when...
Angelkeep: The funeral pyre of WCTTVC
R.I.P., — Rest in Peace, tall trumpet vine. You have served well for two decades.
Sadly this column bids...
Lucky me and my last Barbie
I can’t recall my first Barbie. I can my last.
I stopped playing with Barbie’s around 10 or 11....
Three weeks exploring Africa leaves me ready for more
“Traveling — it leaves you speechless then turns you into a storyteller.”
Medival Moroccan scholar and author Ibn Battuta...
These days, they’re not as lazy but much more crazy
Songs get stuck in my head from time to time. With the weather we’ve had lately, it’s been Nat King Cole singing...