Monday, February 17, 2025

One giant leap into the 21st century for this old Boomer

One small step for most. One giant leap for others. That would be me. The time had come. Others,...

Angelkeep Journals: ‘Curiouser and curiouser’

Angelkeep Journals tips the Mad Hatter’s hat to Lewis Carroll, the author something of an inspiration for this column. A tip of...

Angelkeep Journals: The ‘sinister’ Tiger Bee Fly

It’s getting onto late-August. An attempt to duplicate a photo of a year ago has so far been unsuccessful. On the first...

Lessons from a Congressional Run: Know why you want to vote for a candidate

I will be the first to admit, I haven’t been Trump’s most passionate supporter, and wouldn’t identify as a loyalist today, but...

Gentle-parenting myself out of a meltdown

I had a bit of a meltdown on Saturday. Just a tiny one, but a meltdown nonetheless. Sometimes I wish it were...

Who knew you needed to be flexible to own a dog

One of the tests that I never looked forward to taking in physical education class was the...

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...