Tim Timmons

A friend of mine used to be the mayor in Seymour. He went on to serve a decade or so in the Indiana House. He was a Democrat. I’m not. We used to have some great discussions. One day we were talking about voting and he shared this with me. On Election Day, your friends…

Are you familiar with Spirit & Place Festival? We had an article previewing it in our Sunday edition. If you are not, let me be clear. I believe this is a good thing. According to the web site: “The annual Spirit & Place Festival is almost here! From November 3 – 13 we will explore…

I’m blaming it on the big box stores. Those folks put out Halloween stuff in July and Christmas stuff in August (what happened to Thanksgiving?). Heck, I was in one of those stores the first week of October and they already had their Halloween stuff marked down and were moving it out to make way…

Not too long from now we’re going to head to the polls to once again put people in office who are the problem. Think not? It doesn’t matter if you are a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent or some other affiliation. Every election, We The People continually place or return to office politicians who routinely agree…

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away . . . OK, wrong story line, but looking at the gorgeous new NHS tennis facility got me thinking back on tennis in the early 1970s and a small but dedicated group that helped get things going in Nob City. Some of you remember how…

There’s so much disagreement in the world today. Liberals, conservatives, socialists, Trumpers, non-Trumpers . . . it just goes on and on. But perhaps most of us can agree that parents are the biggest influence when it comes to their children. And maybe we can also nod our heads together on the idea that the…

I got the to-do flu? How about you? Got too many things to do? Got you down, got you blue? Sort of feels like the flu? How do you do! Guess I was channeling my inner Dr. Seuss. But there are a bunch of topics to catch up on. So without further ado . .…

What a great country we live in! You get to think and believe whatever you want and so do I. For the most part, we get to act how we want, too. But zealots are trying really hard to change that. Recently, I wrote a piece on why I think Joe Biden is failing. I…

Ok Class, here’s today’s test. Who is Daniel E. Kelly? Googling is not allowed. Anyone? OK, here’s a hint. Mr. Kelly is connected to Dr. Brewster M. Higley. It’s OK, I’ll wait. Still nothing? One last hint. Dr. Higley wrote a poem called My Western Home in the 1870s. Give up? Daniel took that poem…

I tried. I really did try. For the eight or nine of you who regularly read these scribblings, you might recall that on a couple of occasions I’ve pointed out that we all – as in all parties and independents – need to stand behind our president. If he’s your guy, it’s easy. If he’s…