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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
Here come the holiday shows! It’s always great to have the variety of productions that arrive this time of year. Mud Creek Players offers a truly classic story for the…
To have and to hold from this day forward. For better, for worse. I’m not talking about marriage. I am talking about Gratitude. How can we hold onto Gratitude when…
By JEFF DARREN MUSE Guest Columnist Columnist Scott Saalman is too busy reading books to write a Scaramouch column this week. He highly recommends Dear Park Ranger by Hamilton County…
In my August column, I wrote about the new diploma+ plans the Indiana legislature was considering. On Nov. 19, I attended a meeting in Fishers where State Representative Robert Behning,…