It may not cure melancholy, but a good stretch has many benefits
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Will Ferrell, Elf Are you a singer? Of course you are! Just as I believe…
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Making each dollar work
It struck me this Thanksgiving while enjoying family, food, and football, that it’s been a minute since we wrote about our finances. As a federally recognized 501(c)(3) (not-for-profit), reporting to…
A show done so well they had to add extra run dates
‘Tis the season – and Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre complements that holiday feeling with A Christmas Story, The Musical. Based on Jean Shepherd’s well-known story of his boyhood Christmas…
Burn that taper!
‘Tis the season for comfort and joy … and less perfection. This year, I vowed to stop needing everything to be perfect and to enjoy the present moments that bring…
First came paper football, then came girls
Four seventh-grade boys. Four seventh-grade girls. Two telephones – rotary dial dinosaurs adhered to parents’ kitchen walls. Thick, twisted, dangled cords, like entangled anacondas in heat. Four seventh-grade boys on…
Teach your parents well
I wonder if my children will ever grasp the truth that watching them run has healed my hurts from never being able to run? Or all that watching them run…
Beyond the status quo
By JOHN CRABTREE Guest Columnist Do you remember the cartoon series The Jetsons? “Meet George Jetson” was the introduction to the catchy theme song capturing the viewers and carrying them…
There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor
By VERONIQUE DUPREY A Seat on the Aisle The Christmas season has arrived in Indiana. The sure sign? Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol started its traditional run at the Indiana…
Feldman advises against Medicare Advantage Plans
We’re in the Medicare open enrollment season. I strongly advise patients signing up for Medicare to avoid Part C Medicare Advantage programs (MAPs). Rather, I recommend “traditional” Medicare with a…
Clutter in all its forms & fashions is stressful
“For every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned.” – Benjamin Franklin When considering my topic this time I wavered on whether to discuss “organizing” at such a busy time…