Our DINKWAD home has grown by one sweet Berner
I wasn’t sure how my wife would respond when I sent her the text message. After all, it’s not every day that...
There’s too much going on. I have to write this stuff down.
When my mom retired at age 65 in 1994, I looked forward to her making several trips to northeast Indiana to visit...
Getting older in more ways than one
There’s no question that I am increasingly earning the classification of an “old guy.” Many of my...
Angelkeep: The ‘awe’ and ‘awful’ of Austree
Austree Willow had been specifically bred to grow fast. That they did. But as every yin had a yang, pro had con,...
She was an agent of change. And that’s a good thing.
Mick Cupp was the local United Way chairman in 1999. The board was looking for a new executive director. Pamela Beckford remembers...
Words of affirmation
Thursday morning I spent some time with our now-retired United Way director, Pamela Beckford. As the current board chair, she and I...
Angelkeep: Bird feeder incidents: Don’t look up
Usually a trip to the Angelkeep bird feeders became mundane, habitual, insignificant, and even more irrelevant than the last pick on the...
A solution for Valentine’s Day: Dinner and a show
Here we are, the day before Valentine’s Day, and I have been in a little bit of...
Maybe there is something to this ‘threes’ thing
There’s a niggling belief that bad things always happen in threes. From natural disasters to household mishaps,...
The online powers-that-be are convinced I’m retiring
I’m always a bit perplexed by the ads and suggested-for-you content that appear when I’m logged into one of my social media...