Monday, March 10, 2025

Flooded with a variety of emotional memories

Whenever anyone mentions The Flood of 2003, my first thought is of one particular photo. When I...

It’s a small, small world. After all.

Last Friday I spent the day at a funeral for my aunt, Dozzy Coburn, who was the former first lady of Butler,...

Angelkeep Journals: What ‘May’ you name a June bug in July?

Do you remember when you had to “spring forward” by an hour on all of your clocks a few months ago? It...

‘Here’s the Thing’ reaches a milestone, and it’s terrific

I would like to pause a moment to praise the people whose “Here’s the Thing” essays are on Page 5 of the...

A dozen down. Already. ‘WWA’ time flies

Some research was necessary, but it appears we published our first “Who We Are” edition in 2011. Hence this week’s publication is...

Carrion brings visitors to Angelkeep

Robinson Crusoe killed a bird for dinner only to call its flesh carrion and “fit for nothing.” Shakespeare wrote “That this foul...

Stormy weather sets a prelude to mark a 20th anniversary

Last week’s storm basically relocated our patio about 40 feet or so to the north. Well, not the patio — concrete doesn’t...

Angelkeep Journals: Summer’s first full day, and who to expect

A hearty warm summer welcome from Angelkeep. In case you missed it, yesterday summer began, but today became the first full day...

‘The attention span of a gnat.’ I take objection to that.

It was a discussion about Major League Baseball’s attempts to speed up the game.

Navigating the cultural wars, part 2

Last week’s lengthy entry will be followed up with a much briefer, visual version this week. Being out of town for a...