Opinion

The dress

Grandma told me stories, but mother wrote hers down. Here’s another one. Without a doubt, mothers are needed at home when there are young ones. Best things are not always…

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I’m so over it!

“Janet Kay, don’t let the words or actions of others take away your kindness.” Mom’s voice isn’t around, yet I still hear her wisdom. I’ve thought a lot about what…


She’s determined to find her cat

Kris Stise, 32, is looking for her calico, Octavia. Heartbroken, she has been searching for her cat in the Fishers neighborhood, Brooks Chase, for three weeks, caught in that heart-wrenching…


Losing my birth mother

Many readers may recall my series on the story of my adoption and reunion with my birthparents. I have a painful addition to that story to share today. At the…


Derailed

Chances are you’ve had something or sometime in your life when things didn’t go the way you thought they would at all. You are suddenly left without a plan of…


No laughing matter

Here are more thoughts from my mother. The old man waited and waited in the doctor’s office. Then he waited some more. At great length his patience gave out. Leaning…


OMG, this musical is totally top-level!

Legally Blonde originated as a 2001 novel by Amanda Brown, based on Ms. Brown’s experiences as a law student at Stanford University. Miraculously, a film version also came out in…


Possible compromise on DORA in the works

Can there be compromise in the disagreement between Noblesville city officials and Hamilton County officials over the Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area? DORA, as it is called, allows restaurant and tavern…