Paula Dunn

It’s been quite a while since the From Time to Thyme Virtual Museum has had any new exhibits. However, as luck would have it, I’ve run across some new artifacts to put on display . . .  so to speak.  (As you may recall, this is a “virtual” museum because all the objects in it…

Recently, my cousin, the Dancing Librarian, and I were discussing how different summer was when we were growing up in the 1960s. Unlike today’s kids, we had three whole months of freedom from school to do whatever we wanted. We could get a summer job, work on 4-H projects, hang out at the pool all…

Okay, I’ll admit it. I was stuck for a topic for this week’s column. Then, while I was brushing my teeth one morning, it hit me (not literally, thank goodness) — water! To be specific, the watercourses in Hamilton County. Have you ever paid any attention to all the creeks, streams, brooks, branches, etc. that…

You may have noticed that golf is kind of popular around here. Non-golfer that I am, even I can tell that. Just count how many golf courses there are in this county. Golf and Hamilton County go way back. Talk of building a golf course here began as early as 1916. The  Aug. 7, 1916…

Ever heard that saying about things — both good and bad — coming in threes? That was certainly true for the Hamilton County Bank of Cicero at one time. It was robbed three years in a row! (1959, 1960 and 1961.) I looked through the old newspapers to see if the bank had ever been…

It’s time for some reader feedback! Ruth Williams wrote that the column on the 1881 heat wave reminded her how stores used to post signs in their windows with messages like “It’s COOL inside” in order to entice summer shoppers to patronize the business.  That made me curious to find out when air conditioning first…

When I was a kid, I always felt there was something a little magical about summer nights. I was fascinated by all those stars glittering overhead. I used to spend whole evenings gazing up at the sky, trying to trace as many constellations as I could. Back then, I could see the Milky Way from…

Early in the morning of July 3, 1925, a critically injured young woman was found lying beside the Nickel Plate railroad tracks, just south of the intersection of 62nd Street and Allisonville Road (“the Allisonville road” in those days.) The “handsome” and “unusually well dressed” woman was still clinging to life when the crew of…

In case you haven’t noticed, it’s HOT! We’re fortunate In this day and age. We can expect to be greeted by a blast of cool — if not downright frigid — air pretty much any time we enter a building on a blazing hot summer day. That, however, has only come about during my lifetime.…

From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn Remember when David Sutton brought up Phil Donahue and his wife, Marlo Thomas, visiting Wheeler’s Restaurant on their way to the wedding of Ryan White’s mother, Jeanne? After David located the Nov. 28, 1992 Indianapolis Star article that was the source of his story, it struck me that…