Pack your bags for a trip across the pond

“He who would travel happily must travel light.” Those words from French writer Antoine...

Is the gardening craze growing on you?

According to the National Gardening Association, the number of households growing their own vegetables, fruit and other...

A painted turtle and Angelkeep paintings

Paintings adorned the interior walls of nearly every room at Angelkeep. Bluffton’s historical commercial artist and watercolorist, Harry Lindstrand, was well represented...

Angelkeep Journals: ‘Coviditis’ creates memories of mom

Since we live in this place called Angelkeep there seems little reason to be enticed away. Because the ambiance of Angelkeep beats...

Movie re-release brings back Spain pilgrimage memories

“You don’t choose a life, Dad. You live one.” That line is perhaps the one that stays with you...

No baseball? It’s looking like a cruel summer awaits

I write a column as part of my responsibilities here at the News-Banner, and as I’ve noted,...

The downward spiral of desensitization

I was on Tiktok recently, scrolling through my feed, when I came across a video of the...

Angelkeep Journals: An olde father’s reflections on Father’s Day

Father’s Day has diminished in importance over the years. It happened as a generational thing, no doubt.  Back in...

H.G. Wells has nothing on me

It is possible to travel on a time machine. Let me set the stage: Fifty years ago this past...

The Orioles’ season extended into extra innings

Read on. No, you didn’t jump to the sports page as the headline suggests. Yes, the Baltimore...