Monday, July 7, 2025

It’s the stuff that pings are made of that matters

You get these “pings” once in a while. During a conversation or while reading a news story...

Spain’s unique cultural celebrations are like no other

(Final column in a six-part series about Spain.) Spain has long been one of...

A couple of hours walking around Mayberry

My wife and I made a roadtrip earlier this month to Hilton Head, S.C., and we made...

The power of nostalgia in the Kentucky mountains

Jessica Bricker Isn’t it true that while so many things change, some things stay the same?

Celebrating the New Year outdoors in Arizona

Starting the New Year by spending a few days in the desert surrounded by mountains and cacti is always one of my...

Starting to get used to a busted March bracket

I didn’t even make it home Thursday night before these adjectives started running through my thoughts. It’s busted.

Angelkeep Journals: Quack! Quack! Them’s fighting words.

Having grown up in a family of eight which included five sibling brothers, fighting just came natural. Fights emerged from whose mowing...

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....

Patience is not known to be one of my virtues

Martin Luther King, Jr., reminded us that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” So we...

Angelkeep’s top-five of 2023

Every media annually published their “top-something” in the days leading up to New Year’s Eve. News Banner’s award-winning staff voted on stories...