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’23 Ford Maverick the Practical Antidote for Inflation
I know some people are sad to see 2022 kicked to the curb while Baby New Year takes up residence, but I am not one of them. Inflation was not kind to my paycheck or my family’s budget. Everything became more expensive and $5 gasoline is still felt through salted wounds. Given all of this,…
Read MoreBeauty in the Imperfections
I almost threw away my old lace napkins. They have rust stains on them. In order to cover the stains, I threw them in a pot of green dye and boiled them. The dye was not a success. The napkins all came out in slightly varying shades of green, and the rust stains—while less noticeable—were…
Read MorePlumbing Problems: How to Keep Your Bowels Running Smoothly
I’m running through my list of suggested topics from readers, and this one goes out to a reader from Sheridan. It’s a common problem, but one of those topics that doesn’t usually come up in casual conversation – constipation. There are three usual times in a person’s life when constipation can become a problem. The…
Read MoreParty Switching Candidates are Rare in Indiana
When it comes to switching parties, the list is a long one and recently dominated by the Southland, which in the wake of the 1965 Great Society Voting Rights Act prompted an overt migration from the Democratic to the Republican party, as President Lyndon B. Johnson aptly predicted. The list includes some titanic American figures,…
Read MoreNHS Show Choirs Kick Off Competition Season Today
Noblesville High School’s show choir competition season begins today. NHS Singers, the high school’s top mixed show choir, and their traveling companion choir, New Dimension, NHS’s top all-female show choir, today travels to and competes at Jay County High School in Portland. I know this because my daughter, a NHS junior, is in NHS Singers…
Read MoreNHS Spaghetti Dinner, Live Music, Pancake Breakfast, Craft Show, More
Today is Friday the 13th. And while some might be superstitious, some consider today a very lucky day. Here are at least 13 things to do this weekend, beginning with today: 1. Noblesville Schools brings back a Noblesville classic with Noblesville Schools Education Foundation’s Spaghetti Dinner from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Noblesville…
Read MoreBeing Resolute
For the year 2023, I made 23 New Year’s resolutions. I’ve already broken every single one. Below is my list. I resolved that… 1. In a restaurant, when the waitress sees my totally cleaned plate and asks how I enjoyed my meal, I will not say: “I didn’t like it one bit.” According to a…
Read MoreKenny Ranks The Best Last-Second Boilermaker Buckets
Baseball legend Yogi Berra may or may not have once said, “it’s déjà vu all over again.” The Ohio State basketball program had that feeling Jan. 5 after losing to Purdue on a last-second shot for the third season in a row. Jaden Ivey did it twice before hitting millions in the NBA Draft lottery…
Read MorePaul Estridge Jr. Loved Flying in the Clouds
Paul Estridge Jr. was many things to many people. A father, a husband, a businessman. A home builder, a philanthropist and a servant in our community. It was sad news this week as our community learned about the passing of the Westfield resident on Sunday, Jan. 8. Paul Estridge Jr. was 65. He enjoyed life…
Read MoreOne More Look at Ridiculous World of Politics
The battle for Speaker of the House was irresistible to watch – irresistible in the same way a horrific car crash on the interstate is as you drive by. And even though most of the mess happened a week ago, it behooves us to not let this fiasco slip past like the regular stream of…
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