as this thread is approaching 100 msgs, time for a wrap up.
below is where i Think i am, .... ;)

1. thanks to all that have provided dns configuration/testing insights

2. i am not going to serve email

3. i am not going to use views in named.conf, /etc/hosts trimmed to include only 127.0.0.1 & ::1

4. my current /etc/named.conf

//
// named.conf
//

options {
// listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; };
// listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";
secroots-file "/var/named/data/named.secroots";
recursing-file "/var/named/data/named.recursing";
allow-query     { any; };

recursion no;

dnssec-enable yes;
dnssec-validation yes;

managed-keys-directory "/var/named/dynamic";
geoip-directory "/usr/share/GeoIP";

pid-file "/run/named/named.pid";
session-keyfile "/run/named/session.key";

/* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CryptoPolicy */
include "/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/bind.config";
};

logging {
        channel default_debug {
                file "data/named.run";
                severity dynamic;
        };
};

zone "linuxlighthouse.com" {
   type master;
   file "/var/named/linuxlighthouse.com.db";
   allow-update { none; };
};

zone "." IN {
   type hint;
   file "named.ca";
};

include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones";
include "/etc/named.root.key";

5. dns config file
;
$TTL 3D    ; default ttl for records without a specified lifetime
$ORIGIN linuxlighthouse.com.
linuxlighthouse.com.     CAA       0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
@   IN  SOA     ws.linuxlighthouse.com. root.linuxlighthouse.com. (
                      2021050301   ;  serial number
                      16384        ;  ns refresh
                      2048         ;  ns retry
                      1048576      ;  authority expiry
                      2560        );  min (RFC2308 §4)
     IN NS      ws.linuxlighthouse.com.
     IN NS      ns3.attdns.com.
;    IN MX      linuxlighthouse.com.
ws   IN A       108.220.213.121
www  IN A       108.220.213.121
     IN A       108.220.213.121



6. added www definition, caa record, and updated serial number

7. finally, an att service issue, do they secondary my dns config (or not)