What Christmas brings to ‘such a world as this’
In my annual reading of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” I got stuck at the visit of Scrooge’s nephew, which is pretty...
Angelkeep Journals: Massive cicada invasion, and other hokey hoax
Now that spring has arrived, regardless of the doctrines of Punxsutawney Phil, who, by the way has only a 39% accuracy over...
February springlike weather reminds us we’re Hoosiers
Mother Nature gave us a much-needed dose of spring-like weather this weekend while also reminding us that...
What’s in a name? ‘Alma’ could have paid off nicely
It is one of the (many) quirks of my personality that I usually have a Song of...
Quick road trip to hike to Virginia’s waterfalls
The early-morning cloudy skies coupled with the forecast we had just looked at on my smartphone’s weather...
Is the gardening craze growing on you?
According to the National Gardening Association, the number of households growing their own vegetables, fruit and other...
The controversy that wasn’t and other random thoughts
What an interesting few days we had earlier this week.
I was as surprised...
The PTS — Property Tax Saga — picks up on a TIF
The last time I wrote about property taxes, which was in August, a “delusion of being finished”...
Bah humbug to going goblin in 2022 or beyond
It doesn’t take much to put me in the Christmas spirit as we get closer to Dec. 25, but there is one...
Angelkeep: Hibiscus rehabilitation
Angelkeep had a continuing practice of picking up a nearly deceased plant from one of the local garden plant vendors for an...