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The Cat Who Came at Midnight
Lilian Jackson Braun was an American novelist, who was famous for writing cozy mysteries. Cozy mysteries are a sub-genre. Some readers like them, because all of the sex happens “off stage,” leaving a more comfortable reading experience. All of Ms. Braun’s bestselling stories have titles that begin “The Cat Who . . .” For example,…
Read MoreIndiana’s Mitch Envy
Shortly after the university announced last Friday he was stepping away from the job he truly loved for the past decade, Purdue President Mitch Daniels’s various text, email and phone inboxes began filling up. Hoosiers were urging Daniels to run for governor, for president, for mayor of Carmel or Indianapolis. When “Based in Lafayette” journalist…
Read MoreWhite Dresses
I’ve been under some stress lately. I’ve written a novel, and now I have to wait to find someone who thinks it’s worth publishing. (I happen to think it is, for the record.) So, while I wait, I get more and more nervous. I know all the standard advice for this, and I try to…
Read More2022 Ford Bronco Plants A Big Foot Despite Gas Prices
Could there be a vehicle more out of touch with our era of high fuel prices and emerging electric vehicles than the 2022 Ford Bronco Wildtrak Sasquatch edition? Well, maybe if you drove a Heavy Duty pickup for your daily city commute, but it’s simply ridiculous as it guzzles gallons of gasoline like they’re martinis…
Read MoreMaker Faire, Juneteenth, String-Time, Movies, Concerts, Plays and More
Flying Toasters concert tonight at Cool Creek Park, Strawberry Festival, Art Fair and Juneteenth are Saturday on the Courthouse Square with a Wayne-Fall Lions Club Rummage Sale on Saturday. Here, we offer our Times readers 25 things to do this weekend and beyond: 1. Bring your family to the Touch-a-Truck event, open 10 a.m. to…
Read MoreProfiling Purdue’s Indiana Football Hall of Fame Inductees, from M – Z
While researching part 2 of my series on Purdue football’s membership in the Indiana Football Hall of Fame, one trend stood out. Some of the state’s finest high school, college and professional football coaches had Boilermaker ties. A few, like Gordon Straley of West Lafayette, Pat McCaffrey of Lafayette Jeff and Bob Springer of Indianapolis…
Read MoreMeditation Repudiation
Mary Ellen and I just got back from a trip to visit my sister and brother. In my sister’s lovely condominium in Great Neck, New York, she has a little windowed room off her kitchen that’s no more than 6 by 8 feet. In that room she meditates every day, and she claims she has…
Read MoreRecognizing Our Staff at the End of Another Year
A special part of bringing the school year to a close is our annual End of Year Employee Recognition Breakfast to celebrate our retiring staff, recognize service milestones, and commend our HHSC Building Support Staff and Teachers of the Year. This year we had over 200 current and past staff in attendance! I would like…
Read MoreLegion Shares Details of Property Sale, Enjoys Night Partnered with REO/Styx
Noblesville American Legion members had the opportunity to bring home more than $1,000 when they volunteered to work a booth and sell music CDs at last Friday’s REO Speedwagon/Styx/Loverboy concert at Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville. And just a couple of days later, the Legion officially shared its plan with The Times to sell its…
Read MoreHere’s Hoping President Mitch Really Becomes President Mitch
Did you see the news that Purdue top man Mitch Daniels is stepping down? Let me take a second to make something perfectly clear – I’m a big fan of our former governor. His book, Keeping the Republic: Saving America by Trusting Americans, came out a decade or so ago and was brilliant. His take…
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