Angel Keep Journals: Black walnut blossoms and nuts and nut lovers

It appears some nut lovers are busy looking for the finest trees, the choicest limbs, and probably marking them in some way...

Flooded with a variety of emotional memories

Whenever anyone mentions The Flood of 2003, my first thought is of one particular photo. When I...

An intriguing threesome: Reality, reality, fantasy

Maybe there is something to this “things happen in threes” thing. My skepticism of the topic has been expressed before in this...

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...

Grateful for family this Thanksgiving season

“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

Emergency powers debate is short-sighted and repetitive

It was like 2021 all over again in the Senate Tuesday. Senators made the same arguments about the emergency...

Criminal justice policy in the crosshairs of the session

Crime is a perennial issue already prominent in this election year’s conversation. So, before memory fades and the pitched political battles of...

The primary campaign gave Indiana what it deserves

French philosopher and statesman Joseph de Maistre is credited with saying it first: “Every country has the government it deserves.” In America,...

What is an Indiana Republican now?

Following Micah Beckwith’s surprising lieutenant governor nomination and Jim Bopp’s startling assessment of how it impacts the governor’s race, I have seen...

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...