Is the gardening craze growing on you?
According to the National Gardening Association, the number of households growing their own vegetables, fruit and other...
Let there be peace, like at Angelkeep
Memorial Day weekend will involve patio relaxation in what has reason to claim being the most peaceful...
Angelkeep Journals: Surprise-Surprise! Iris!
“Surprise” was analogous to Angelkeep. The word and name go hand-in-hand as appropriately as peanut butter and jelly, ham and eggs, or...
Never underestimate word-of-mouth marketing
Each August or September, friend and fellow News-Banner columnist Chet Baumgartner and I make a trip to Ball State to visit our...
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...
Despite rising inflation, kindness still costs nothing
I need to preface today’s column by letting you know I’m going to use the word preface several times.
The power of music: A time capsule that fits in a pocket
I found a time capsule in an old box I recently dug out of my storage unit....
Goodbye for now — but please keep reading
I drove circles around this town
Trying to write circles around this town
Angelkeep Journals: An olde father’s reflections on Father’s Day
Father’s Day has diminished in importance over the years. It happened as a generational thing, no doubt.
Back in...
Let me introduce you to someone headed this way
Cal Thomas has a sense of humor. If you read a few of his syndicated columns, it...