It wasn’t wet after all
Saturday, I would have sworn early in the day that this was our weekend for the gully washing weekend that I cited last ...
May 21, 2013

Indiana has many scenes to paint
I love to travel and I love to paint. Any time I can combine those two activities, I consider it a great adventure. The ...
May 20, 2013

Getting back to the party basics
When I first invited you into my virtual kitchen, I gave you about three weeks worth of columns on having a party — ...
May 18, 2013

Make the choice to stop smoking
Nearly every smoker I meet has told me that there was no good reason to start smoking and wishes they could go back and ...
May 17, 2013

Mother’s Day highs and lows
Our interim pastor talked last week about a condition that claims good men every year — FMD — forgetting Mot ...
May 15, 2013

Watch for weather changes in May
Another Sunday when I am saying brrr. I think this one is the end of dogwood/locust winter, but whatever, it is cold in ...
May 14, 2013

Concerts provide entertainment
The final Julane Lund Concert of the season featuring HaZMaT took place at the Art Sanctuary last Thursday. It was a sma ...
May 13, 2013

Treasure your mother and all she does
I was talking with a sweet friend of mine, Sharon Abbott, the other day and we were discussing my recent sincere interes ...
May 11, 2013

Hot weather cooking is just around the corner
It’s just three weeks until Memorial Day weekend, which in this neck of the woods is the official start of the pic ...
May 11, 2013

Not all carbs created equally
Have you ever heard that you should avoid carbohydrates? Frequently I hear statements such as “to lose weight, I s ...
May 10, 2013

I’ve never seen so much dirt
I’m writing about the work on the round-about on Ind. 144. But first I’d like to make a big apology for sayi ...
May 8, 2013

Stop raining so the mushrooms can come out
Yes, it is Sunday, but later than usual. We’re having “dogwood winter,” one of the five cold snaps tha ...
May 7, 2013

Spring show of colors continues
Spring continues a beautiful show of colors this week as the dogwoods, redbuds and lilacs fill out. I make it a habit to ...
May 6, 2013

Let’s microwave some more
I think that this column marks the start of eight years that I’ve been inviting you into my virtual kitchen and I ...
May 4, 2013

Vitamin D vital to a vibrant life
Are you getting enough vitamin D? Data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, USA found th ...
May 3, 2013

Social Security disability can help in tough times
Disability is something most people don’t like to think about. But if you’re not able to work because you ha ...
May 2, 2013

We’ve become an enabling society
Over the weekend, we learned that suspended Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer David Bisard was arreste ...
May 1, 2013

Practice what you preach — don't drink and drive
Every year at prom time, adults look at teens and tell them not to drive drunk. We warn them of the dangers of destructi ...
May 1, 2013

Waiting to buy flowers until warmth arrives
Brrr. It will be a wonder if our thermometers don’t fail as a result of the constant change we have had in Indiana ...
April 30, 2013

Getting back into the plein air habit
I was painting at Oliver Winery this past Friday and the trees, flowers and shrubs were just a blaze of color in every d ...
April 29, 2013

In the Kitchen
Last week I promised to give you some information on using your microwave to save money and adapting favorite recipes. S ...
April 27, 2013

Everyone should experience a motor home vacation
Two years ago my wife Ann and I flew with the Blue Angles in a C-130 as it practiced taking off and landing under attack ...
April 25, 2013

Has sex ed gone too far?
I was on the Internet the other day and browsing the sites of various television news stations when I read about Chicago ...
April 24, 2013