Letter to the Editor: Thank you for a special day
Thank you to everyone who came to my 100th birthday party. Thanks for all the cards, gifts and flowers.
Angelkeep Journals: What’s eclipse, history, and egg all over?
With only four days remaining to The Great Eclipse of 2024, the mass American Migration towards the Zone of Totality has already...
Memorable mistake makes magnificent memories
Last Friday was a busy day. I was looking forward to crawling in my bed at the end of the night and...
Angelkeep Journals: A post-4th political pedigree puzzlement
Reflecting on July 4th celebrations never included a question of “Should we grill,” but rather, “What shall we grill?” Something on the...
Angelkeep Journals: Paper wasps and pollen balls
What does a honeybee do with pollen it collects for transporting back to the hive? It sticks it to its legs until...
A Crispian Day salute to a special band of brothers
If my kids or grandkids would ask “What did you do in the Army?”, my stories, beyond a couple about my mundane...
Angelkeep Journals: Out with the old, in with the new
The old time and tested saying used as a title for today’s Angelkeep Journals’ column became recognized by Google’s AI as traditionally...
Mysteries and acronyms come in all sorts of languages
There are mysteries in this world. Plenty of them. Why some particularly pique my interest is one of those.
A trip 30-plus years in the making to Mayberry
As we drove south on Interstate 77 in Virginia toward North Carolina, it only seemed appropriate to start whistling a simple and...
Even a crumpled up $1 bill can teach a lifelong lesson
A penny saved is a penny earned.
It’s an idiom that I learned at a young age from my...