The Ian McKnight Newsletter

January 2023

November 2022

The Ones Who Fly Away from God's Country

There should not be a direct flight between New York and Grand Rapids.

Nov 28, 2022

October 2022

New York is open.

The Department of Sanitation emailed me a waiver last Saturday warning of “inherent risks in participating, including the risk of serious bodily injury…

Oct 31, 2022

What are we going to do until spring?

I have already heard enough about football for this year.

Oct 17, 2022

September 2022

Twelve days of fun ending at Labor Day.

As far as I was concerned, the highlight of the Minnesota State Fair was to be the butter sculptures.

Sep 26, 2022

Her Majesty loved Kellogg's.

For years, the public has read about Operation London Bridge, the tightly choreographed succession of events planned for the death of the Queen, the…

Sep 12, 2022

August 2022

Happy insurance birthday to me.

I broke a years-long streak this week of spending election day at polling locations — either campaigning or working as an election inspector. On…

Aug 29, 2022

Behave yourself.

My mother, visiting New York a few weekends ago, suggested that we spend Sunday evening at a jazz club.

Aug 15, 2022

How do you get to Carnegie Hall (with a motor coach)?

And what was Gustave Eiffel listening to when he died?

Aug 1, 2022

July 2022

What happened to Bert the Turtle?

New York’s Emergency Management Department caused a stir this week when they released an informational film on what New Yorkers are meant to do in a…

Jul 18, 2022