Saturday, July 12, 2025

A holly, jolly getaway to Christmastide in Holland

My wife and I start to go a little stir-crazy when too much time passes without traveling.  We try...

Year end lists and new year hopes

A few year-end observations, none of which seem to deserve a full column’s attention. Akin to cleaning out a cluttered closet.

A big to-do about a little bit of nothing

As recalled, it all started as an after-rain-shower photo session with the intent being images captured inside raindrops.  Angelkeep...

Birthdays and basketball royalty

November 1, 2023. My younger brother’s birthday. For years I have conveniently ‘forgotten’ when Chad’s birthday was. I do...

Aiming for a little less screen time in 2024

The white Christmas that many of us hoped for in northeast Indiana arrived a few weeks too late and has certainly caused...

What should be an easy concept is getting lost in translation

Learning new words is still an activity that I enjoy today as much as I always have. Perhaps that love of words...

A South African hike that literally takes your breath away

We knew it was going to be a great day as soon as we walked out of our cottage and saw the...

This should be a good corn year

Angelkeep has not humanly planted a single kernel of corn. Yet, by all indications, enough has been...

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...

In search of the Big 5 on east African safari

As we rounded the corner on the dirt road in our green Toyota Land Cruiser safari car, almost out of nowhere I...