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Fireworks Festival Parking Pass Holders Treated as VIPs (Very Ignored Persons)
I wonder if people who paid $160 for VIP tables at the Noblesville July 4 Fireworks Festival at Forest Park had good parking. And I wonder if those VIP guests were let out of the park before the trolleys and buses at the end of the night. Usually we ride our bicycles or walk into…
Read MoreIdeal Jobs
My co-worker Tom said he’s thinking about trying a new career. He should make that move soon, because he’s 63 years old. I share his concern, for I too have often wondered if I should stay in a job, switch professions, or just go back to sleep at my desk. The first thing I asked…
Read MoreAre Democrats Gaining Ground in Indiana?
The older I get the more stock I put into the law of unintended consequences. Look at energy. The U.S. has cut back on energy production. Not sure why, but that forced us to buy energy from foreign powers. Probably not what was intended. But it goes further. The idea was to battle global warming.…
Read MoreNoblesville July 4 Makes Kids Smile
What makes kids smile? The Noblesville Fourth of July. Kids were smiling everywhere on Monday during the Noblesville July 4 Fireworks Festival & Parade. Despite the heat, there were more people who came out to watch the parade than I have seen in a long time. Families lined the streets with kids holding out bags…
Read MoreTruth or Tall Tale?
Up for a quiz? We haven’t had one for a while. I’m calling this “Truth or Tall Tale?” I’ll give you a historical situation and you have to decide if it’s something that really happened, or a piece of fiction. Let’s see how you do. John Dillinger spent time in the old Hamilton County Jail…
Read MoreThese Colors Don’t Run . . . For Very Long
My fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Collins, mistakenly thought that anyone who hammed it up as much as I did must also be a good actor. I was cast all too frequently to suit me in the lead roles of our fourth-grade pageants. I don’t know why we had so many pageants in the fourth grade. A…
Read MoreThe Dobbs Decision and Mike Pence
June 24, 2022, should have been the political holy grail for Mike Pence. It was the day he had long strived for, the day Roe v. Wade was consigned to the “ash heap of history.” “Today, life won. By overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court of the United States has given the American people…
Read MoreForgotten Salves
I was packing for our recent trip to Mexico when I found the old tube of V05. “Do I still have this?” Apparently, I did. Even though my husband, Peter, and I had moved a year ago, a lot of forgotten salves and soaps and lotions of various types had made the move with us.…
Read More2022 Subaru WRX Click-Clicks, Turbo-Kicks Down The Road
It seems all of the news about cars these days focuses on the latest electric vehicles and automated driving, so it’s refreshing to drive the redesigned 2022 Subaru WRX. It’s a larger car, a more mature car, but it retains all of the click-click, turbo-kick that’s shoved it down the road for decades. It’s the…
Read MoreDon’t Let Swimmer’s Ear Stop You From A Great Summer
We’re in the middle of swim season and I’ve been seeing patients complaining of “swimmer’s ear.” Doctors tend to see more of this malady in hot, humid weather, but it can also be the result of other conditions as well. The medical term for swimmer’s ear is otitis externa, indicating inflammation of the ear canal…
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