Post-holiday post office woes
“The whole (postal) journey took 10 days. The Pony Express and its horses could have done it in eight days given its standard...
New Year’s traditions from near and far
Learning about different cultures and their traditions while visiting new places has always fascinated me.
It was one of...
Angelkeep’s top-five of 2023
Every media annually published their “top-something” in the days leading up to New Year’s Eve. News Banner’s award-winning staff voted on stories...
Time to start looking over the annual ‘Top’ lists of 2023
As we near the end of the year, I always look forward to reading news articles that are published about top happenings...
What Christmas brings to ‘such a world as this’
In my annual reading of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” I got stuck at the visit of Scrooge’s nephew, which is pretty...
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but...
Angelkeep Journals: Pre-Christmas thoughts of 2023
The world experienced a whirlwind type of year in 2023. It’s about to come to a close soon after a short pause...
Making mankind our business as Marley wished he had
Every year it is the omnipresent snow that covers London that first grabs your attention as you take a step back in...
The hick has returned to Hoosierland
Have you ever felt like Mark Twain’s character in “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”? Out of place, even out of...
Angelkeep Journals: The gift that keeps on biting
Halloween came and went. Not only did the first killing frost arrive at Angelkeep but the crisp west winds blew in the...