An unexpected and practical post-Christmas present

It was the gift that my parents didn’t have for us on Christmas Day that turned out to be one of the...

When a daughter comes to visit, a father is delighted

Some of you know this and some of you don’t, so I’ll try to bring everyone fully up to speed at the...

Here are three Saturday mysteries to solve

My friend Mike Firenza kept sending me emails in 2021. They average about two or three per...

Thrifting: A way to reduce, reuse and repurpose

Evidence of my new hobby can be found all around my house. Hanging on my walls and in my closet. In my...

The downward spiral of desensitization

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

Shocked to see those three numbers on the scale

Maybe it was the extra peanut butter at dinner time or perhaps it was the weekly — or occasionally twice a week...

Baddabing — you’ve been LSSU-banished

January is what it is — a time to re-start, yet a time to look back. So...

Angelkeep hawk ID just got harder

Hawks have made it to the pages of Angelkeep Journals on previous occasions. Typically, when one appeared, it included an event that...

Humor helps, even in the darkest times

Last week, my brother-in-law Dustin called me. I knew something was wrong as he never calls me...

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...