‘We stood in disbelief’
On Tuesday night...
Angelkeep Journals: A Christmas-New-Years anthology
Since Christmas Day falls on Angelkeep Journals’ Thursday this year (with no paper being printed) and likewise New Years Day), this column...
A bit late, but there’s some thanks giving to do
I didn’t write a Thanksgiving column this year. I will now.
I’m thankful that my two representatives in the...
Angelkeep Journals: Angelkeep’s Hymn for Winter
In just 10 days winter arrives. It has never been a secret that winter falls to the least appreciated season for nature...
I’ll take Arizona’s saguaros over Indiana’s snowdrifts
An almost two-year absence from spending some time in one of my favorite places made a Thanksgiving weekend quick getaway all the...
Returning to that familiar feeling
It’s not fun being irritated. It’s not something I enjoy. I’d much rather write about Grandma Ginny’s tales of talking trees, Alan...
Do the math: The Star of Bethlehem
The day of 2025’s pre-Christmas full moon seemed the perfect day to highlight astronomy. Angelkeep never, with a capital N, excelled in...
Much to give thanks for this holiday season
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
A week of ‘couragement’ — both en- and dis-
Having opined a bit about the efforts to redraw Indiana’s Congressional maps, in the wake of the Indiana Legislature’s decision to apparently...
Angelkeep Journals: The nannyberry – An early Christmas lesson
Draw a downward arc on a map beginning with the northwest corner of Minnesota, the lowest point being the News-Banner office, and...



