Opinion

SoHa Summer

When I think of summer, I think of spending time in South Haven, Mich. There are certain places in the world where you just feel happy. My love of South…

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Finding the words

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. I think it would be worth more if it included words written by your daughter. For me, this picture is…


Bemusement park

Delaney announced her plans to go to Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari theme park this weekend. I wasn’t invited. She knew I had already served my time at so-called “amusement”…



Make the most of those detours

Is anyone else in the Noblesville area sick and tired of detours? Or, heck, central Indiana in general? While the detours that start with orange signs can generally drive us…



New things

If there is one thing that instantly sends me into panic mode it would be when someone suggests that I try something new. As I sat in a local coffee…


Myrtle et al.

Here’s another story from my mother. My younger sister was eight years younger than I was. She was a tiny girl, barely tall enough to reach the latch on the…


How I spent my summer vacation

“Summertime and the livin’ is easy … Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high …” – George Gershwin, 1934 Anyone remember those “how I spent my summer vacation” essays…