Sunday, January 19, 2025

‘The road goes ever, ever on …’ (Tolkien)

One thing leads to another. This road — a trail in our case — began in late April when...

Green darner as gone as summer’s green

E. B. Williamson put Bluffton on the world map with his world acknowledgement of Odonata expertise. Scientists from all over the world...

Angelkeep ‘rap sheet’ for 2023 past

Angelkeep received an Easter, Autumn, several Christmas, and a couple New Year’s Letters. We like the reads. A “catch up” time. Most...

Angelkeep Journals: The darkness of Good Friday revisited

Easter is coming soon. It should be the grandest of holidays on earth. However Christmas takes that role. It seems market dollars...

Angelkeep Journals: There goes the neighborhood

New neighbors built their small home within a stone’s throw of Angelkeep’s patio. The pair were somewhat transient, not seen in or...

Angelkeep Journals: The hits and misses of heron videography

Spotting a great blue heron on Angelpond demanded an instant cease to current activity in favor of an observation period. Typically herons...

A Crispian Day salute to a special band of brothers

If my kids or grandkids would ask “What did you do in the Army?”, my stories, beyond a couple about my mundane...

A calendar reminds me of stuff, like driving an Olds 442

So I’m sitting at my desk at 125 N. Johnson St. in Bluffton and I’m looking at...

Letters to the Editor: Commissioners respond to threat of lawsuit

The Wells County Commissioners wish to inform the public on a potential development relating to the sale of the county farm at...

Marking a 65th anniversary surrounded by family

There is a lot that I am thankful for each day — so much so that I...