Paula Dunn
Getting an Education at Cat College
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn It’s June! That means it’s National Adopt-a-Cat Month (or Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, if you prefer) -— the time of year that shelters are not only full of older cats needing good homes, but also oodles of kittens. If you’ve been considering adding a furry member to…
Read MoreCamp Beechwood Memories
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn An email from John Wharton sent me down quite a rabbit hole recently. John now lives out of state, but he grew up in central Indiana in the 1960s. One of his fond childhood memories is of having attended a summer day camp called “Camp Beechwood” for a…
Read MoreCaring For Hamilton County’s Pioneer Cemeteries
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn This Memorial Day weekend, Hamilton County’s larger cemeteries will undoubtedly be filled with people observing the holiday by laying flowers and mementoes on the graves of soldiers who’ve paid the ultimate price for maintaining our freedom. Those aren’t the only cemeteries where veterans of our country’s wars have…
Read MoreSharing a Passion For Peonies
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn When I noticed the Indiana Peony Festival was this coming Saturday, May 16, my thoughts immediately snapped back to a year ago at this time. I must admit, I’ve never attended the festival. To be honest, I thought it was a relatively small affair at Seminary Park. Ha!…
Read MorePaula Shares A Ferry Tale
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn The next time you drive or walk across a bridge over White River, take a moment to reflect on how fortunate we are to be able to come and go from one side of the river to the other whenever we want. It wasn’t nearly that easy for…
Read MoreThe Mystery of the Missing Bridegroom
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn There’s an intriguing story in Haines’ 1915 Hamilton County history about a bridegroom who mysteriously disappeared on his wedding day almost 160 years ago. Very few specific details are included, however, so I decided to try to find more information. I wasn’t overly optimistic since no names or…
Read MoreThe Ignorant, But Vicious Town Cow and Other Weirdness
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn I didn’t have anything in particular planned for this week, so I dug into my files and pulled out a few of the odd and/or funny items I’ve run across in the old newspapers. Some, like this warning from the Sept. 19, 1890 Hamilton County Ledger, really need to…
Read MoreBen Goldsmith’s Brother Was Aptly Named
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dun When I began working on this column, I I thought it was just going to be about a bizarre tale I found in the April 26, 1906 Hamilton County Times involving a former Noblesville resident, Benjamin “Ben” Goldsmith. As I did the background research, however, I realized he…
Read MoreLittle Beds of Flowers, Little Cans of Paint
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn I’ve had the phrase, “spring cleaning,” rattling around in my head ever since I mentioned it in a column a couple of weeks ago. Our attitudes toward that practice sure have changed over the years. These days we tend to take a rather casual approach to spring cleaning. Thanks…
Read MoreA Major Historical Find?
From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn This month marks the 161st anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth during the waning days of the Civil War. The details of Lincoln’s murder at Ford’s Theater are pretty well known, but you may not be as clear on what became of…
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