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LightGramsFebruary 19, 2026Volume 30, Number 7 Mickey Baretto claimed to be the owner of the New Yorker Hotel, a landmark property with more than 1,000 rooms. In 2018 he paid $200 to rent one of its rooms and never moved out. He never paid for another night’s rent. When the hotel refused to give him…
LightGramsFebruary 5, 2026Volume 30, Number 6 Food pantries are not uncommon in our land. Our church maintains one, serving those who can’t meet expenses. But most of the people we serve understand that we don’t carry a wide selection of items. Canned goods and other non-perishable items are mainly what we have to offer. A…
LightGramsJanuary 29, 2026Volume 30, Number 5 Most museums are of great interest to some, but not to others. A train museum captures my attention, but others glance at it with little interest. It’s all about finding common ground. Which is why a museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada stands out. Entitled, “Museum Of Personal Failure”,…
LightGramsJanuary 22, 2026Volume 30, Number 4 “Giving Up Too Soon” The paramedics did their best, but they couldn’t revive 20-year-old Timesha Beauchamp. A doctor pronounced the time of death, but he did it over the phone; he had not examined the patient in person. A little while later a worker at the funeral home to…
LightGramsJanuary 15, 2026Volume 30, Number 3 The Beach Academy in south Wales launched a good work not long ago: They aimed to clean debris from the rock pools of Ogmore by Sea Beach. Similar efforts are conducted in our own community as volunteers take time to pick up trash along the shores of our lakes…
LightGramsJanuary 8, 2026Volume 30, Number 2 Airports are busy places with travelers dashing to make connections and staff processing passengers and luggage on tight timelines. It was a surprise, therefore, when the Norfolk (VA) International Airport posted on their social media site an appeal for help in finding someone. A teddy bear had been discovered…
LightGramsJanuary 1, 2026Volume 30, Number 1 Growing up in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, I knew about slop. It referred to table scraps that had been tossed into a bucket and delivered to the hogs that my father raised. Once it landed in the bucket, that food matter was no longer fit for human consumption,…
LightGramsDecember 18, 2025Volume 29, Number 40 Barnaby Wickam is a collector, something that can be said of many people. But Wickam’s focus in collecting – and what he makes of it – sets him apart from others. This Baltimore, MD marketing specialist is an avid cyclist, and for the past two years has picked up…
LightGramsDecember 11, 2025Volume 29, Number 39 During her years as a professional tennis player, Caroline Garcia enjoyed her share of winning. At one point she was ranked as the 4th best women’s tennis player in the world, and she won 11 Women’s Tennis Association titles before retiring earlier this year. But it was a choice…
LightGramsDecember 4, 2025Volume 29, Number 38 GameStop is a name familiar to most video game enthusiasts. According to Wikipedia, there are more than 3,200 of these stores worldwide, with the largest portion of those in the U.S. In the city where I live there are two. Earlier this week, the corporate headquarters announced a transaction…